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Malacca Amateur Radio Field Day and Fox Hunt Report

Malacca Amateur Radio Field Day and Fox Hunt held on August 30th & 31st, 2008 was successfully carried out by the Amateur Radio Community. Turn out was overwhelming.

Click on the links below for the details and pictures of the event.

• ARDF Malacca story.
• Pictures of the field day and hunt.

Thanks to Donovan ~ 9W2DOV for the writeup and pictures.

Penang ARDF meeting - Oct.12th, 2008

October 17th,  2008

A meeting session was held to discuss and chart the further growth of ARDF activities in the Northern Region.
About 20 persons attended this session and I hope we can have more regular meetings in future.
Those interested in participating in the future meetings, do email me, so that I can notify you of the next meeting.

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How we can further advance our local ARDF activities to meet the world standards and in preparation for the coming IARU R3 ARDF Championships to be held in Thailand in Year 2009.

14th World ARDF Championships Write-ups & Photos

October 17th, 2008

Write-ups and photos of the 14th World ARDF Championships are now available.
1. To read about the happenings, click here on “My Korean ARDF Trip“.
2. To view the photos, click here on “Photo Gallery”

Last update: Oct 17th, 2008

ARDF Fun Hunt - Penang

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

The ARDF Fun Hunt held in Penang, went off as per planned under the supervision and sponsorship of the Penang  ARDF director - Jon - 9W2CLT. Three (3) foxes were used in this hunt, hidden by the crafty fox marshals - 9M2PX, 9W2CLT, 9W2LCL and 9W2PUM.

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North Johor MARTS - ARDF Hunt

Short report on Segamat Fox Hunt … July 23rd, 2008
By 9W2PCK - CK Choy - District Manager, NorthJohor MARTS

The second foxhunt organised by NorthJohor MARTS went off successfully. Hams from Melaka, Muar, Segamat and Muadzam Shah participated in this hunt which was located at Taman Bukit Hampar, Segamat. This was the 1st time for most of the hams present.
The fox setup were as follows:

Three (3) beacons transmitting continuously on different frequencies.
Two (2) international standard beacons running on the same frequency with 1 minute alternating intervals.

We were glad that all the hunters could locate all the foxes.

Selangor Open Fox Hunt 2008

July 23rd, 2008

The fox team from Penang, arrived at the Lake Titiwangsa Park at about 1:00 pm on Saturday, July 19th to do a survey of the location for possible sites to set up the fox dens. Immediately, we scouted around for possible sites to set up our fox dens. It had to be locations where (we hope) the hunters would not likely to take that particular route.

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ARDF Clinic (Penang) - May 18th, 2008

May 18th, 2008 - ( Revised )
An ARDF Clinic
Venue : Open field behind Adventist Hospital, Penang. ( Rose Road )

This training session was successfully carried out as per scheduled.

A good turn out came for this session, and were exposed to the method on how to setup the latest five foxes. This was a hands-on training so that more fellow hams will know how to be the fox marshals. Taking advantage of having all the five foxes operating in close proximity, the hunters honed their homing-in instincts and finding out how to make use of the technologies available at hand.

Before the training session ended at 11:00 am, the hunting crew decided that they will plan an actual hunt sometime in June, 2008.

73 de Musang

A Sleepy Year 2008

Dear fellow hunters,
Year 2008 seems to start off with a very slowwww pace for the ARDF activities. Probably, the excuses were that the hunters were too busy with country’s national affairs. Meanwhile, the five foxes were enjoying a good hibernating period until cobwebs gathered down from their noses. Wonder if rust have corroded the hunters’ weapons. Would not trust their efficiency and accuracy any more! It might lead the hunters on a wild goose chase.

Ah! There were whisperings that two of the foxes took a secret vacation to Bachok, Kelantan in late April of this year whilst the youngest fox went on parade at the SIRIM HQ, Penang. Were they out to tease the Kelantanese amateurs to get interested into ARDF? Maybe the Kelantanese might have some special divine hunting tools which they may use in the future hunts.

So fellow hunters, if you are already grown into couch-potatoes and need some excitement of the hunt, do drop me an email, proposing some venues and the possible dates for the next coming months. We really need the exercise!

Ps: Anybody game on going to South Korea for the IARU R3 ARDF contest? The date is on September 2nd ~ 7th, 2008. I am scrounging the bottom of my piggy bank, hoping to have enough funds to go on this trip.

73 de Musang

Sabah Mobile Fox Hunt

Sabah Fox Hunt - Sunday 25th, November 2007
By 9M2LC

In conjunction with the Tuaran Ham Festival, a mobile fox hunt was slotted in the agenda. This fox hunt was sponsored by MCMC and was assigned to the BARC in Sabah to run the operations. At their request, MARTS sent two of their members (9M2NCL - Andre and 9M2LC - KC ) to provide technical assistance in the setting up of the fox hunt. It is believed that this is the 1st time they ever held a fox hunt in Sabah. All the recently homebrewed foxes and accessories were flown in for the occasion.

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My First Fox Hunt

ARDF October 28th 2007
by 9W2HCK - Hoe Chin Khwan

Woke up early on a Sunday morning, got my fresh fully charged ‘Fox Gun’ and scrambled into my jalopy ready to go. Suddenly the big sky opened up and gave us a big splash of Sky Juice. Even this won’t deter all the hardcore Fox Hunters. We waited till the 5 Foxes finally turned up and the rain stopped. It was very exhilarating to find out, how or what, a fox beacon looked like. It turned out to be just small boxes containing some electronic circuits and battery, from which the beacon signals were sent out.

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