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Questions tagged [fox-hunt]

Questions about fox hunting - using radio direction finding to locate a hidden transmitter - including the rules and necessary equipment.

Questions about amateur radio "fox hunting" (organized direction-finding events), including rules and necessary equipment. Also see the related "rdf" tag.

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How do I keep the bomb squad from winning a foxhunt?

I want to hold a fox-hunt in a relatively public location, such as a park or college campus. The fox that I've built uses an ammo can with a rubber duck antenna. It occurred to me that this combination makes for a somewhat suspicious package. My…
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What are some fun activities hams participate in?

Yes, Amateur radio is a hobby. The general impression however is that it is a geeky/nerdy/kooky (I forget which carries a negative connotation!) hobby; either the ham sits at a transceiver, or is doing something with an oscilloscope, soldering iron,…
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Is there a practical way to triangulate a signal?

Around my location, there is an odd signal near 50.145MHz (at this moment it seems centered around 50.14735MHz but that changes as the day progresses). Other amateur radio operators in this city also hear it; apparently it started about a year…
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