The Yavapai Amateur Radio Club holds a monthly 2M fox hunt. The hunt is usually on the Saturday after the YARC member meeting. However, the day is subject to change depending on conditions that may arise. Dates are listed below.
Pete, K6VVR, and (Jim WB7UZV SK), were the driving forces behind the monthly fox hunts. The result has been lots of fun and camaraderie for the club members.
The rules and procedures for the the fox hunt are straightforward. Normally, two transmitters are hidden. The primary transmitter transmits on 145.100 MHz with a power of 500MW. The secondary transmitter transmits on 146.565 MHz with a power of 100MW. The transmitters must be hidden within a 7.5-mile radius of the starting point.
The hunt begins at 1:00PM. Hunters assemble at the starting location and when they have received the primary transmitters’ signal and have a direction to start their hunt, they call the fox on the repeater, to report they are starting their hunt and to give the fox their odometer mileage and call sign, (Only one call sign needed at start, others of the team can be added at the Fox site).
The person/team finding the primary transmitter and the secondary transmitter in the shortest amount of time will be the winner. Should more than one person/team find the transmitter with the identical time, the person/team with the fewest miles driven will be judged to be the winner.
The secondary transmitter is hidden in proximity of the primary transmitter. The club has access to several transmitters. Various ones are used for the secondary transmitter. They are small and can be easily hidden and it can be somewhat difficult to locate them as club members come up with ingenious ways to hide them. Also, a variety of antennas are used with both the primary and secondary transmitter, which can make the hunts more interesting.
After many years of starting in Prescott, we tried alternating in Prescott Valley. However, after a few years, we decided that the Prescott starting location has certain advantages. We plan to start in Prescott for all of 2025.
| Starting location | Repeater for check-in |
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Parking lot of the One AZ Credit Union | YARC Prescott W7YRC 146.880 MHz -offset 100.0 Hz PL |
T-Hunt Team Roster Form
2025 T-Hunt dates are listed below:
- Jan 04 – Prescott
- Feb 08 – Prescott
- Mar 08 – Prescott
- Apr 05 – Prescott
- May 03 – Prescott
- Jun 07 – Prescott
- Jul 05 – Prescott
- Aug 09 – Prescott
- Sep 06 – Prescott
- Oct 04 – Prescott
- Nov 08 – Prescott
- Dec 06 – Prescott
Contact Pete Morrison K6VVR or John Broughton WB9VGJ at THunt@w7yrc.org for more information on the monthly YARC fox hunts.
The report of our monthly foxhunt can be found in the YARC Signal Newsletter. To view the reports of prior foxhunts, see the YARC Signal Newsletter Archive.