2010 August Fox Hunt

The “Jamestown 880″ foxhunt will be held on Wednesday, August 18th at 7:00 pm.

One of the neat features of this hunt will be the start, 880 feet above sea level with a fantastic view in all directions. The initial bearing will be a like a spotlight on the fox.

Laryn, K8TVZ will be the Fox.

Click here for all of the details.

2010 July 21 Foxhunt

GRARA will be hosting a Fox Hunt Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 7:00 pm
Start from the American Red Cross Building, 1050 Fuller Ave NE, in Grand Rapids

Everyone is Welcome as Always and it is FREE!

This foxhunt features hints from The Riddler Fox.

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2010 May 18 Foxhunt

Photos of the intrepid bunch of hunters. Great weather and a well-hidden fox, with ice cream and tall tales at the end. It just doesn’t get any better! Come out a join us June 15, 2010 for another HARC foxhunt.

I need a smaller antenna, or a bigger car...

Why I bring a truck.

Gentlemen, don't forget, we do have rules...

OFFICIAL RESULTS – The Holland Spring Kickoff Foxhunt – 2010

What a fantastic fox hunt for a spring kickoff!

The Holland “Spring Kickoff Foxhunt – 2010”  was highlighted Tuesday night  – not by who won, but by the outstanding job done by the fox team.  Challenged to make the hunt fairly easy for the newcomers and somewhat challenging for the old timers, the fox team accomplished both.  Our hats are off to James, K8JHR, and Chuck,  AJ8W of “Team Kent” (County) for a fun evening.  Everyone found the fox and had funny stories to tell afterwards at the Burger King.

Normally for a kickoff hunt, the fox will park his van in some out-of-the-way park or down a lonely road and taunt hunters with periodic transmissions.  Team Kent added three twists that made the hunt interesting, but not overly difficult.

For the first twist, they went portable leaving their car behind and walking to their chosen site on foot.  K8JHR carried the radio and antenna and AJ8W lugged the portable “car starter” battery and a book to read to the hunters during transmissions.

The second twist was a rather unique site in a viewing section of the Kollen Park Boardwalk on Lake Macatawa.  While the hunters were racing around town and getting frustrated by a train that kept blocking the way, James and Chuck were watching the sunset over the lake and feeding the ducks.  They also took some time to explain ham radio to passing onlookers.  (Good PR.)

The third twist did post a slight problem.  It sent most hunting teams to the other side of Lake Macatowa to Dutton Park where they found nothing but walking paths and and a strong signal coming from back across the lake.  The fox team used a three element yagi antenna for their transmissions.  The antenna was pointed directly toward a steel boat storage building across the lake causing hunters to be temporarily distracted.

All hunters arrived at the park and boardwalk at about the same time, about an hour and a half into the hunt.  The  sun had already set over the lake.  Each team made the long walk down the boardwalk and around a bend to the viewing deck only to find the foxes lounging and waiting with “we gotch-ya” looks on their faces.  It was a great hunt!

Winner of the hunt was the team of Tom and Sheila Bosscher, K8TB and K8AJ.  Second place went to the team of Jim, KD8CAN, Bob, KD8HNF, and Robert, KC8USP.  The next two teams of K8EMU, KB8QAP,  and K8TVU finished within two-tenths of a mile behind the second place team.  The team team that came the furthest to the hunt was Mike, KB8ZGL, a MSU student from Greenville and his father, KB8ZGK from Byron Center.

This was fun.  Let’s do it again!

For a lot more information on fox hunting click on this LINK to the Michigan Foxhunter website.

Spring Kickoff Foxhunt

The Spring Kickoff Foxhunt – 2010
Get the cobwebs off your RDF gear and tune it up for the season.
Tuesday, April 20th, 7:00 PM

Representing “Team Kent”, winners of last year’s fox hunt, James Richards, K8JHR, and Chuck Nowak, AJ8W, will be our fox team for the night. Come on out and see if they can hide as well as they can hunt. Everyone is welcome>

The starting location for the hunters will be at the Ken Groom Technical and Training Center, 280 East 8th Avenue in Holland.

Talk-in will be on the 147.060 Repeater. Please be there plenty early to finalize teams and record your odometer reading. The winner of this foxhunt will be in the car that finds the fox within the two hour limit and has the lowest odometer/trip reading.

Being the first hunt of the season, this will be a basic level hunt with no Doppler antennas allowed. Winners will get the first option to be the fox at the next HARC fox hunt. New to fox hunting? Come on out and learn the fun way — by doing it! We will show you how. It’s great fun.

Click on this following link to read and download the Rules

April 20, 2010 Foxhunt Rules

For a lot more information on fox hunting click on this LINK to the Michigan Foxhunter website.