On Wednesday we descended on Pullen park to practice ARDF sprint. This is a fast paced event, where the competitors have to find two sets of five controls, each transmitting for only 12 seconds. Everyone seemed to have a good time, and even the course setters Joseph and Ruth had a chance to try the […]
Read MoreTuesday morning we returned to Umstead State park to complement Monday’s practice. This time the adults were on 80m and the kids tried 2m. The events went smoothly, thanks to the work of Patrick, Kelly, Dave, Joseph and Ruth, who reconfigured and moved all the transmitters after yesterday’s events. There was one minor hickup: the […]
Read MoreOn Monday we moved to one of our favourite locations, Umstead State Park. The adults enjoyed a mid-length course on the 2m wavelength while the youth tried their luck on a shorter course on 80m. On Tuesday the roles will reverse: the adults will do 80m and the youth will do 2m. Thanks to Patrick […]
Read MoreThis morning saw the beginning of a week full of events. The first four days until Wednesday we’ll have practice events, where participants can check their equipment, get accustomed to the local weather and vegetation and the organizers can work out some final issues before the championship. Joseph Huberman designed a challenging course for our […]
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 MoreThe event had a 2 m classic course using both sides of the Eno River and a foxoring course on the East side. The weather was hot but felt mild compared to the week we experienced before. We had nine participants. Seven tried the 2m classic course and five tried the foxoring course. The classic […]
Read MoreUpdate 1: If you’re doing the 2m Classic, you will be crossing the Eno River. Bring an extra pair of shoes for when you get back. Update 2: It would help us if you could register before 4 PM today (Sat 6/1). Thanks. We will have an 2 m classic course and a short foxoring […]
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 […]
Read MoreWe had a great ARDF event at Umstead Park on Sunday. We had 9 groups on the 80m classic (one group didn’t download) and 3 on the sprint. While this doesn’t sound like many, it really is a lot for a local ARDF event. We used all of our receivers, and where people went our […]
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