From gomenete@yahoo.com Wed Nov 1 00:38:20 2000 From: gomenete@yahoo.com (Dimitris Tsifakis) Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 10:38:20 +1100 Subject: [FoxHunt] hello! Message-ID: <39FF57EC.60A93B1D@yahoo.com> Hello! I am Dimitris, VK1KBN. I have never tried fox hunting before but it's something that I always wanted to do. Anyway, I hope the first hunt for this season is going to be a success! Questions now. :) Firstly, what sort of equipment are we going to use? I only have my FT-50R here in australia.. Is the fox going to be hidden in walking distance from the griffin centre? cheers, dimitris -- ( | ) Dimitris Tsifakis /_\ VK1KBN / SV1DET (ham radio) /\_/\ Australia From Neil.Pickford@aph.gov.au Wed Nov 1 02:27:26 2000 From: Neil.Pickford@aph.gov.au (Pickford, Neil (DPRS)) Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 12:27:26 +1100 Subject: [FoxHunt] hello! Message-ID: <6D89B67D0CAFD111BFE308002BB91CD4097ECAEF@mail1.parl.net> Hi Again > Hello! > > I am Dimitris, VK1KBN. I have never tried fox hunting before but > it's something that I always wanted to do. Anyway, I hope the > first hunt for this season is going to be a success! I hope it is a success too > > Questions now. :) Firstly, what sort of equipment are we going to > use? I only have my FT-50R here in Australia.. You need a directional antenna, an attenuator and probably a sniffer for when you get close. All of these are available from the start location near the skate bowl just before the hunt starts. > Is the fox going to > be hidden in walking distance from the griffin centre? Since you have asked, I will make it walking distance from the start location. In fact we will probably run 2 hunts on foot this time. Neil Pickford From andrewd@ozemail.com.au Wed Nov 1 18:54:35 2000 From: andrewd@ozemail.com.au (Andrew Davis) Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 04:54:35 +1100 Subject: [FoxHunt] Getting back into foxhunting Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20001102044836.02ea4550@pop.ozemail.com.au> Hi everyone, thanks to Neil for setting up the mailing list. Just to reassure everyone, yes we (I and my kids) are interested in foxhunts but unfortunately we currently are in the process of preparing a house for sale and also have another commitment on Thursday nights. However both distractions will be gone soon and I hope we can join in the fun again. Both my kids were interested when I mentioned it so I should have an interested crew. Oh yes. I sold the car that had an antenna and a radio in it. Have not yet reinstalled into another car. Fortunately that doesn't matter too much. And we have moved to Oxley. No changes to email or postal address, still as per callbook. No antennas up yet in fact the radios are still in boxes... cheers all Andrew Davis | IT/HRMIS/Payroll Systems Consultant | Mobile: 0418 620 300 VK1DA | Canberra Australia | Ham radio FAQ for AU www.ozemail.com.au/~andrewd/hamradio/hamfaq.html From Neil.Pickford@aph.gov.au Thu Nov 2 06:10:08 2000 From: Neil.Pickford@aph.gov.au (Pickford, Neil (DPRS)) Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 16:10:08 +1100 Subject: [FoxHunt] Fox Hunt Tonight - Still on Message-ID: <6D89B67D0CAFD111BFE308002BB91CD4097ECAF2@mail1.parl.net> The weather is holding a bit at present so I still intend running the fox hunt tonight. Start time is 6:30 PM in Civic near Skate bowl Griffin centre car park. Looks like it will be a pedestrian hunt. Neil Pickford From neilp@goldweb.com.au Sun Nov 5 14:48:08 2000 From: neilp@goldweb.com.au (Neil Pickford) Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 23:48:08 +1000 Subject: [FoxHunt] Report and This Week 9/11/2000 Message-ID: <3A056518.9F7BC659@goldweb.com.au> Last Weeks Hunt went off successfully with 3 Hounds and 3 Hunts. The weather held back for the first two hunts (almost) but it bucketed down during the third. Luckily there was shelter in the form of the Arts Centre Porch where the successful hounds could wait for the other hounds. Neil transported the Hounds back to their starting point so they did not get too wet. Report The first location originally saw the fox buried in the top of a pile of wood chips, however the rain soaked wood chips absorbed too much RF and the hounds could not hear it. Neil went back and moved it to a more open location in a grass tussock near the environment centre. The Hounds Quickly found their way to the area with a choice of which side to be made. John VK1ET chose the wrong side and so after circling the complex ended up last. Kerri VK1TKR & Dimitris VK1KBN arrived first. The second fox was substantially weaker, again due to wet vegetation, so Neil gave the pedestrian hounds a few clews to get them in range. Even so Kerri never heard this one and proceeded straight to the third fox location. John was first on the scene of the second fox, finding the long antenna wound along the branches of a low bush near a chain mesh fence in Mort Street. Dimitris had a difficult time with this one as he was looking for a box not an antenna, and kept ignoring the higher level readings. He did however find it in the end. Those last couple of meters can be real difficult! It was at this point the Downpour began, Dimitris decided to continue, and Neil loaned him his GoreTex. Hounds arrived at the final location, a hedge next to the Arts Centre (Old Questacon Building) in the order Kerri, John and Dimitris. Lets hope this is the last hunt to have rain this year! Next Hunt Well this week I am scheduling another Hunt for Thursday night. 6:30 PM start again from near the skate bowl in the griffin centre carpark. As usual spar equipment will be available for hounds who don't have a full set of gear. Bring at least a 2M hand held. The first hunt will be on 146.200 MHz commencing at 6:30 PM. Liaison repeater is VK1RAC 146.900 MHz Black Hill. We might move the December Hunts to another location because Civic these days is a rather RF dirty location. Any suggestions are welcome. Neil Pickford VK1KNP From neilp@goldweb.com.au Thu Nov 9 07:45:55 2000 From: neilp@goldweb.com.au (Neil Pickford) Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 16:45:55 +1000 Subject: [FoxHunt] Tonight 6:30 Civic Message-ID: <3A0A4823.57444FF8@goldweb.com.au> Tonight's Fox Hunt is ON. It will start at 6:30 PM outside the skate bowl in the car park near the griffin centre in civic. I have repaired the 3rd sniffer so I will have all 3 sniffers operational and available tonight. I am planning to go to Sizzler Belconnen with Tom VK1TS for a feed afterwards. Anyone else who wants to come along your welcome. Neil VK1KNP From neilp@goldweb.com.au Tue Nov 14 12:14:26 2000 From: neilp@goldweb.com.au (Neil Pickford) Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 21:14:26 +1000 Subject: [FoxHunt] Interest in Hunt this Thursday Message-ID: <3A111E92.777BD86D@goldweb.com.au> I have had an expression of interest in a Hunt happening this Thursday evening. I am available but am seeking feedback from others who are available. I originally did not schedule a hunt for this night as it clashed with the CAAS meeting, however in practice there has not been an overlap of recent participants. If people would like to start at a quieter RF location then let the list know. We have started in Weston park previously. Neil Pickford VK1KNP From neilp@goldweb.com.au Tue Nov 14 12:27:54 2000 From: neilp@goldweb.com.au (Neil Pickford) Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 21:27:54 +1000 Subject: [FoxHunt] Report 9/11/2000 Message-ID: <3A1121BA.B84BF969@goldweb.com.au> This week we had 1 Fox VK1KNP and 1 hound VK1ET with apologies from Kerri VK1TKR and Dimitris VK1KBN who each had work/study commitments on the night. However all was not lost with Neil and John swapping roles as Fox and Hound with hunts 2,3 & 4 happening some-what in parallel. Hunting this night was vehicle based with lots of stops. I must put my fox-hunting roof rack attachment back on! The hunts quickly moved out of the noisy Civic area and ended up in Ainslie at the foot of Mount Ainslie. We even managed to find a substation that neither of us knew existed! A total of Four hunts took place 2 on each frequency finishing up around 8:30 PM. Cheers Neil VK1KNP From kmr@adfa.edu.au Tue Nov 14 23:20:47 2000 From: kmr@adfa.edu.au (Kerry Richens) Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 09:20:47 +1100 Subject: [FoxHunt] Can't make this thursday for a fox hhunt Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20001115092047.0091d2e0@octarine.cc.adfa.edu.au> Hi Guys. I'll be out of town for the next 4 days so I can't make it ---Kerry Richens.----------Senior Technical Officer (Electronics)------- School of Chemistry, University College Australian Defence force Academy. Northcott Drive, Campbell A,C,T. 2601 Work--> http://www.ch.adfa.edu.au/OzChemNet/ChemDept/staff/kr/kr.html Ham---> http://www.qsl.net/vk1tkr/index.html PH: +61 6 268 8947 Fax: +61 6 268 8002 \\|// (o o) --------------e-mail: k-richens@adfa.edu.au ------------oOO--(_)--OOo--- From Neil.Pickford@aph.gov.au Thu Nov 16 02:50:19 2000 From: Neil.Pickford@aph.gov.au (Pickford, Neil (DPRS)) Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 12:50:19 +1100 Subject: [FoxHunt] No Hunt Tonight 16/11/2000 Message-ID: <6D89B67D0CAFD111BFE308002BB91CD4097ECB12@mail1.parl.net> As it is still raining and there have not been any positive replys for tonight there will not be a fox hunt this evening. Cheers Neil VK1KNP From neilp@goldweb.com.au Wed Nov 22 23:04:57 2000 From: neilp@goldweb.com.au (Neil Pickford) Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 08:04:57 +1000 Subject: [FoxHunt] Not on tonight. Message-ID: <3A1C4309.6158BE67@goldweb.com.au> As tonight clashes with the Canberra Linux Users Group at the ANU there will be no Fox Hunt this evening. Cheers Neil Pickford VK1KNP From neilp@goldweb.com.au Wed Nov 29 15:22:18 2000 From: neilp@goldweb.com.au (Neil Pickford) Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:22:18 +1000 Subject: [FoxHunt] No Activity this week Message-ID: <3A25111A.65F4C630@goldweb.com.au> I asked a few people at the meeting Monday if there was any interest in Fox Hunting this week, I have not had any takers so no hunt tonight. I plan there will be a hunt next week on Thursday night 7/12/2000 This one will start in Weston Park Yarralumla in the car park adjacent to the MAZE & next to the railway. Start time will be 6:30 pm and if you like, be prepared for a BBQ afterwards. Neil Pickford VK1KNP