It was cold and windy, but the sun was out so we could pretend it was warmer. Charles set an excellent course – it even required map reading – which isn’t easy at Dix. Some people did both the short and long course. The short course was a subset of the long course. An asterisk […]
Read More| Women (W) | Men (M) | Age |
| W19 | M19 | 19 and younger |
| W21 | M21 | regardless of age |
| W35 | M40 | 35/40 and older |
| W45 | M50 | 45/50 and older |
| W55 | M60 | 55/60 and older |
| W65 | M70 | 65/70 and older |
It was a beautiful cool day on Saturday for the 2m event. We started about 1k from the house at Birkhead Wilderness, Thornburg Farm Trailhead on top of a ridge. Both days Charles had a 300m start exclusion zone and 400m exclusion zone for the finish. Charles had a sheltered registration area on the back […]
Read MoreWhen: Dec 19-20, 2020
Starts from 10am to Noon Course closes at 2PM
Where: Birkhead Wilderness Thornburg Farm
35.620229, -79.945040
What: Saturday, ARDF 2m
Sunday, ARDF 80m
Regional travel is unadvisable and our out-of-town participants have not indicated that they are coming, so this is no longer a “Regional” event, but a great weekend event featuring two BOK ARDF competitions. Of course, out-of-town participants are certainly welcome.
Charles has generously offered to set both a 2m and 80m course at Thornburg Farm, so we will meet at the Farm House on both Saturday and Sunday. For those who have the energy, please plan on helping with the control pickup at 2pm.
We recognize that Covid-19 is ubiquitous in NC, so please read and follow all our Covid-19 policies so we can all stay safe.
It was a very successful event. We set out 7 transmitters in seven different regions. Two regions were mostly in the exclusion zone. Those transmitters were on 3.51 on a 30/30 schedule. The other five were further out on 3.58 and on the classic 60/240 schedule. There was no beacon. The closest of the two […]
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