Don't think that this is actual hunt for fox. Our ham club organised this interesting competition. I could not sleep due to excitement. Afternoon I met Mr. Mahabala Hegde, a senior ham from Surathkal, along with my friend Mr. Devdas Bhat. After lunch we went to his house to get our equipments. We proceeded to our hide out in his car. Eventhough he is nearing 70, Mr. Hegde, was happy and enthusiastic. He could manage different languages, even malayalam, which is my mother tongue. He is a retired bank manager.
We reached our hide out, what we call is the fox hole and started assembling various equipments. Hunters were 10 groups, each having 3 members. They have to use the antenna and the reciever to trace us.
We started transmitting, which according to Mr. Hegde, was the first howl. In every 5 minutes interval he was transmitting howls and speaking some words which they should copy. Time passed by. Mr. Bhat took out his SLR camera and started his second hobby, photography. They were transmitting in both high and low power. I tried to listen to the transmission using 2 meter hand held radio.
The teams were given grace period and in the end the hide out was disclosed. The first team we met were given hand shake. The students really enjoyed the whole exercise.
Ham radio is a really interesting hobby. But now less people are using it because of advancements in internet, like instant messenger, emails etc.
When we met the group, as a token of appreciation, they gave all 3, fantastic mementos.
Please visit my picasa web album on fox hunt.
http://picasaweb.google.com/manumohan73/FoxHunt#
We reached our hide out, what we call is the fox hole and started assembling various equipments. Hunters were 10 groups, each having 3 members. They have to use the antenna and the reciever to trace us.
We started transmitting, which according to Mr. Hegde, was the first howl. In every 5 minutes interval he was transmitting howls and speaking some words which they should copy. Time passed by. Mr. Bhat took out his SLR camera and started his second hobby, photography. They were transmitting in both high and low power. I tried to listen to the transmission using 2 meter hand held radio.
The teams were given grace period and in the end the hide out was disclosed. The first team we met were given hand shake. The students really enjoyed the whole exercise.
Ham radio is a really interesting hobby. But now less people are using it because of advancements in internet, like instant messenger, emails etc.
When we met the group, as a token of appreciation, they gave all 3, fantastic mementos.
Please visit my picasa web album on fox hunt.
http://picasaweb.google.com/manumohan73/FoxHunt#
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