T&DARC 2 Metre Fox hunt
Winners for 2021
The Fox
Gerry G4SPE
Order of the Hounds
First
Mike M0ALW & Kyle 2E0EVP
Second
David M0GHZ & Stuart M0YKK
The Fox Report
“The 2021 Fox hunt took place on the evening of the 16th June, with seven teams of Hounds taking part. The Fox was me, Gerry, G4SPE, who was last years winner. Being the winner traditionally gives you the honour of becoming the Fox next time around. I’m not sure if that’s a prize or a punishment.
With a starting time of 7:30pm, the Hounds were able to get bearings of the Fox every ten minutes. This year the maximum power used by the Fox was ten watts, reducing as the evening went on three watts. The winning hound was Mike Adams, M0ALW and Kyle, who successfully located the Fox at 8:20 pm. Surprisingly, he did this without using a beam, only a Baofeng handy with a bit of wire sticking out of the aerial socket. His ‘Body Fade’ method seems to have come up trumps, but maybe a bit of black magic was used as well. Second place was the team of David, M0GHZ and Stuart, M0YKK, who used a Yagi, and found me at about 8:40.
No other teams managed to locate me. It seems that lots of time was spent chasing reflections of the signal around the Trowbridge and Hilperton area. I was in fact located on and road between Broughton Gifford and Great Chalfield, parked in a field entrance. A couple of clues were given towards the end of the evening, but they didn’t seem to be much help.
I hope everyone enjoyed their evening. Its a bit of fun, not to be taken too seriously, but you get funny looks from passers by as you stand on the side of the road waving what looks like a cloths airer about. Why not have a go next year”
Event Details
Date: Wednesday 5 June 2021
Start Time: 19:30BST (18:30UTC)
Finish Time: 21:00 BST (7 minutes after the last transmission period)
Start Location: From contestants homes
Hunting Area:-
NW Corner ST 800-660 (nr, Monkton Farleigh) [edge of map]
NE Corner ST 900-660 (nr Beanacre)
SW Corner ST 800-550 (nr, Telisford) [corner of map]
SE Corner ST 900 550 (nr, East Town Farm, West Ashton) [edge of map]