We are having an ARDF Radio Orienteering Sprint and an Orienteerng Middle distance event at Dix Park. Starts are from 11am – 1pm. For ARDF – We will have a course with two haves, beginner and advanced. Either half can be run separately or they can be combined into one course. For Orienteering – We […]
Read MoreAttendees: Joseph, Ruth, David W., Ian, Vladimir, Tatyana, Imre, Lina, Mihai, Paul Emmerson Treasurer’s report BOK is operating in the black and saving money to support our mapping projects. We had a successful ARDF Champs event that paid off all the ARDF equipment and then some. Now that we have all our event income through […]
Read MoreSave Umstead from the Quarry The SW corner of our Umstead Map is an area that we used for many years, Odd Fellows – until the airport stopped giving us permission. Now the airport wants to allow Wake Stone to turn it into a quarry. I would like BOK to to support the “Stop the […]
Read MoreLink to Bulletin 4 Use this link to see who has already registered: Sunday’s event is at Umstead South, 2100 North Harrison Ave. Cary, NC, which is off of exit 287 in I-40. Arrive by 8:00am to drop your stuff at Shelter #1 at the left (west) side of the parking lot. The youth will […]
Read MoreEveryone is welcome to attend the ARDF Radio-O Sprint at Pullen Park. The start is at 8am, and the course closes at 11am. Courses are about 2k and winning times should be about 15 minutes. Pre-Registration is required.
Read MoreAs our region becomes more populous the parks are tightening their rules. Several of our venues will not allow us to collect money and some are limiting the number of participants. So to deal with these developments we are now using a storefront where we can collect registration information as well as collect money for […]
Read MoreWe just went live with our new Registration and Store. To register just go to the BOK Store and pick the event you want to attend. Then you can enter your information and choose the extra things you need, like a Finger Stick, extra maps or a whistle. The price will update as you add […]
Read MoreHere is a much simpler way to attach the SI-box to the control. First the box is attached to one side with two wire ties. Then the ends of a 54″ x 1/16′ braided cord are passed through the holes in the other end of the box and secured to the flag using a constrictor […]
Read MoreWe had another ARDF 2m practice last Monday afternoon. Ruth, Joseph, and Imre participated. Imre and Joseph each set out a transmitter at 4:30 and Ruth joined us at 5:00. We then found the “other” transmitter and communicated by phone to make sure everyone found the transmitter they were hunting. Then we moved the transmitters […]
Read MoreWe had a successful practice Monday evening (5/6/19). After Imre and I set the transmitter on the side of a steep re-entrant, Ruth and David joined us in a walk around the transmitter that went through a large re-entrant and over and behind a ridge. The goal was to gain some experience determining which signals […]
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