On Thursday, August 7th, 2025, during the W4DHN monthly meeting which starts at 6:30pm, Greg will give information and tips for what to do in Ham Radio Fox Hunting.  This is another skill available to Ham Radio Operators that involves finding a hidden radio transmitter.  It’s a lot like a scavenger hunt, orienteering, or geocaching involving radios.  It requires simple direction finding equipment.  It is relatively easy to learn with just a few basic skills needed.  Also, it is recognized as a competitive sport called ARDF.

Why is Fox Hunting an important skill?  It is used in Search and Rescue (crash sites, stranded people, wildlife beacons, and distress signals).  It is also used for locating interference (i.e., jammers, illegal transmissions, stuck transmitters, and other sources of noise).

On the following Saturday at the New-and-Not-So-New Ham Workshop, held at the Red Cross building, 1004 Montezuma Avenue, Dothan (same place at the monthly meetings), we will meet at 9am and progress to the next door parking lot and work on actual skills.  Bring your antenna finding rig and your thinking caps and have some fun as Jimmy and Greg will put us through the paces of becoming adept at finding the “Fox”.  This will be sure to be an informative and fun time.  Hope to see you there!