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PJ-80 The little low cost 80M ARDF receiver from China

Thursday February 16th, 2012

Introducing the PJ-80 ARDF receiver from China. This low cost ARDF receiver for 80 meters ( 3.5 MHz band ) comes in a complete kit set EXCEPT without batteries. For those who like to do hands-on soldering project, this would be a good starting point.

For more information, go to my “Hunters_Toolbox.htm”

73 de Musang

16th World Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships

The 16th World Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships will be held at Kopaonik, Serbia, from 10th until 15th September 2012. Bulletin No. 1 has been issued.

For more details, go to : www.ardf2012.org

de Musang

Updated on Dec 29th, 2012

WIA.ORG.AU - Amateur Radio Magazine

See how the Wireless Institute of Australia keeps its members updated on the activities of amateur radio in Australia.

http://www.wia.org.au/members/armag/2011/november/

Hope the Malaysian amateur radio community can do that also.

73 de Musang

8th IARU Region 3 ARDF Championships Down Under

8th IARU Region 3 ARDF Championships - The Malaysian version

Venue: Maldon, Victoria, Australia
Dates: September 23rd ~ 28th, 2011

Friday ~ September 23rd, 2011

Landed at Tullamarine Airport around 6:10 am Melbourne Time.
Other flights were also coming in around the same time, resulting in a big queue at the immigrations and customs check points.
Had to hang around the airport until mid-day as the scheduled welcoming committee will only be there after 12 noon.
Even then we have to wait for the other teams from Japan and Korea who were arriving on later flights.

— Click here for more details —

de Musang

Updated on Nov. 3rd, 2011

8th IARU Region 3 ARDF Championships Pictures Updated

Monday October 17th, 2011

Finally updated the many photos ( after censoring a big amount - sic ) and they can be viewed at this link.

http://www.kclim.myardfsport.com/cpg144/index.php?cat=3

We, the only two Malaysian participants survived and managed to find our way out of the Australian forest. Not going to be “Satay” for the kangaroos!

More writeup will be published later. Meanwhile do enjoy the photos.

de Musang - One of the survivors of the Aussie forest!

ARDF Training Session Result - July 31st, 2011

Had an early breakfast with the fox setters and some hunters. The fox setters left for the hunting sites to place the beacons, before the hunters were allowed to move to the starting point at Craft Batik car park. The hunt started at 9.30am on Sunday, July 31st, 2011.

Fox Beacons

Two 80M beacons of 10mW output each, operating almost on the same frequency- 3.58 MHz.
Antenna: Vertical long wire 6 meters high, with 6 meters ground counterpoise.

Two 2M beacons of 150mW output each, operating on 144.5 MHz and 144.8 MHz, with duty cycle of 1 min ON and 1 min OFF.
Antenna: Horizontally Polarised Turnstile Antenna.

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2nd Field Test on ARDF 80 Meters receivers - July 17th, 2011

July 23rd, 2011

Two more 80M receivers were constructed and needed to be tested in the field.
Neoh-9M2CLN offered to assist me in the test on a Sunday afternoon.
Location was at the MPPP park near the Penang botanical gardens.
Aim is to find out how far away can the two receivers pick up the 80M beacons.
Also is to find how effective is the front to back ratio.

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8th IARU Region 3 ARDF Championships - Bulletin 2

Wireless Institute of Australia (WIA), which will be hosting the 8th IARU Region 3 ARDF Championships for the year 2011.

• Organising group: Victorian ARDF Group
• Official web site: http://r3.ardf.org.au/
• Dates: September 23rd ~ 28th, 2011
• Location: Bendigo District, Victoria, Australia.

Bulletin 2 has been released.  Click below for further information. [PDF files]

•  8th Region 3 ARDF Champs Bulletin 2e.

• ARDF Championships 2011 Australian Visa Info.

As of July 22nd, 2011:
Since no other persons interested in this sport had contacted me, then only two persons from Malaysia will be going to Australia for the coming IARU R3 ARDF Championship. Others who wish to join in will have to make their own arrangements. We will be staying at the campsite itself, thoughout the whole event.

73 de 9M2LC

Updated on July 22nd, 2011

80 Meters ARDF as a spectator sport

May 11, 2011
During the 15th World ARDF Championships 2010 held at Opatija, Croatia; a new ARDF sport was introduced. It was called the “ARDF For The Blind”, however, it did not meant that the hunters were actually blind at all!

The hunters from many participating countries were blind-folded and lead to the starting point. Throughout the contest, the blinded hunters were escorted by two marshals at both sides to ensure that the hunters do not fall down or walk out of the game zone.

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Result of Field Test on ARDF 80 Meters receiver

April 9th, 2011

80 Meter ARDF receiver field test successfully accomplished as per set trial. The prototype 80M receiver worked as expected with good front to back ratio effects. Sensitivity can still be improved by further tweaking the tuning of the loop antenna, to obtain further distance coverage.

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