Following LP-sized pancakes at the North Pole in Newport on Saturday, our southeast Twin Cities metro ham radio club will administer tests at the church and then host a hidden-transmitter fox hunt.
Our club secretary thinks it'd be fun to dress up in fox suits. They're very popular.
I think we should get extra points, Field Day-style, for arriving on a horse, blowing a bugle, attracting press attention.
The ringleader of our fox hunt claims his girth affords 60dB attenuation, an important factor in radio direction-finding.
Here's a good introduction, and thorough:
'To the uninitiated, Fox Hunting may appear to be easy. "Take a bearing to the Fox. Plot it on a map. Move to another location. Plot the second bearing. Find the Fox where the bearings cross." In reality, Fox hunting can be difficult. It is a skill that can be learned, and some people have more innate talent for it than others.'
https://www.arrl.org/files/file/Clubs/MARCONI%20Project/MARCONI%20OG%20Prog-2%20FOX%20HUNTING%20Final.pdf
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