We will have an 80 m classic ARDF event at Umstead South on Sunday, May-27. For more information about Radio-O/ARDF, see the BOK ARDF page. Starts 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Course closes at 3:00 PM. Remember there is a $5 fee if you need to rent a receiver. Open event with pre-registration: Newcomers welcome […]
Read MoreOn the weekend of April 21-22, 2018 we will have an Open Orienteering event with all the courses on SUNDAY, and a Radio-Orienteering event (ARDF) on SATURDAY. Both days will be held on the Birkhead Wilderness map starting from 1725 Gray Owl Road, Asheboro, NC (Turn around on the gravel pad at the end of the […]
Read MoreIllia Ivanko put on the most intense ARDF training camp in the US ever. We had 12 events over 16 days at 7 venues. That was 6 Classics, 2 FoxOring, and 5 Sprint events. (One day we had 2 sprint courses.) We had 6 new people try the sport and a couple of them are […]
Read MoreEveryone is welcome to our first public orienteering event at Eno River State Park, on Sunday, 18 February. Registration will be at the Fews Ford shelter, just west of the loop parking lot at the end of Cole Mill Road. (GPS coordinates = 36.073616, -79.007005). IMPORTANT: DO NOT PARK IN THE LOOP PARKING LOT. Instead, […]
Read MoreBOK received the first four of our 80 m ARDF (Radio “O”) receivers from Vadim. BOK will be renting these receivers at our Radio “O” events. (Bring your own headset.) I put them through a test and they are excellent. They are very lightweight, just under 9 ounces, which is important if you are holding […]
Read MoreSix orienteers decided to brave the threatening weather. They were well rewarded. We only had a couple short showers. This was the longest ARDF at CNF and we’ve reached the limits of this venue for classic events. We had two special participants. Imre showed up with a receiver kit he built himself and took first […]
Read MoreNorth Carolina International Training and ARDF Radio Orienteering Events in Asheboro, NC July 24 – 28, 2017 UPDATE 7/14/17: Monday’s training event will focus on: taking accurate bearings and drawing them on the map detailed map reading length ~2.5 km Participants will need to have a compass, marking pencils in two colors, and a map board. […]
Read MoreAs with last time, we met by the Municipal Drive entrance to Carolina North Forest (CNF) and used a similar course layout. It was comfortable when we started but it heated up tremendously in the afternoon. Thank you to Greg Kopsch for letting us use CNF and for stopping by to say hi during our […]
Read MoreGet ready for the second open ARDF event of 2017, Sat. June 3! For more information about Radio-O/ARDF, see the BOK ARDF page. Starts 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Course closes at 3:00 PM. We will meet at the East Entrance to Carolina North Forest. Take Municipal Drive off of MLK Jr. BLVD. (Parking lot […]
Read MoreThe weather was perfect for running at Carolina North Forest (CNF). It threatened to rain just a bit but we stayed dry the entire time. We even had some patches of blue sky float by. Some orienteers arrived before noon, got instruction, felt confident, and headed onto the course early. Most of the participants took […]
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