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On short notice, I'd like to do one more foxhunt this coming Saturday 12/09/23.

The fox will be "on the air" from 12pm to 3pm located somewhere within the city limits of Willmar and will be located on public property. The fox frequency is 146.565 mHz.
I'm going to forego the group meeting before the foxhunt. I will announce the fox going live on the 444.800+ repeater (tone 146.2) as well as serve as net control, and offer any help as needed.?

With any luck the weather should be nice since the 10 day WX outlook is favorable for this time of year.?
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If you have any questions feel free to email me at w0aye.mn@...

Do you use an attenuator in series with your receiver(s)?

If so, what type or kind?
I may have to grab a end mount 440 beam & join in :)
73
'QBH

On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 07:29 PM, N0QBH Mike Berg wrote:

Do you use an attenuator in series with your receiver(s)?

If so, what type or kind?
I may have to grab a end mount 440 beam & join in :)
73
'QBH

I use a frequency offset attenuator from Byonics in conjunction with a homebrew 2 element tape measure Yagi. Tony - WD0HXV has 3 element Yagi with the attenuator already installed on it. If he isn't going to be part of the hunt, I'm sure he would lend it to you and show you how to use the offset attenuator.

I meant grab my 2m 4 ele end mount beam.
Prolly wouldn't work well with the 440 :)
Read it too fast thinking the fox was UHF.
Anyway, sounds fun.

73
'QBH

I'm not sure if any others came along after us, but WD0HXV (Tony) and myself N0QBH located the FOX after about 30-40 minutes, atop W0AYE's vehicle.
The wind was atrocious, but warming up between stops to get another fix on the fox made it bearable.
The simple (and too flexible) tape measure Yagi antenna in combination with an offset type attenuator feeding a cheapie Baofeng HH was the hardware.
I'd give this adventure a big thumbs up!
73 Mike? N0QBH

This is a example of a similar set up for fox hunting 2m transmitters.

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Here's a link to build instructions for a 2 element 2m yagi.
http://theleggios.net/wb2hol/projects/rdf/snif_bm.htm

Here's a couple of pictures Tony took of the direction finding antenna we used.
Simple, but effective.
1 director element, 1 driven and 1 reflector for 2m.