September 17th 2011
Fullerton Radio Club
Transmitter Hunt
Hider: Bob WB6JPI
Where: The transmitter was hid about 4.5 miles NW of the
start point and in clear line-of-sight to it, at the end
of Olinda Ave in La Habra. The transmitter was a 50 mw
Squawkbox (
http://www.silcom.com/~pelican2/PicoDopp/MICROHUNT.htm )
that was running around 10 mw into an 11 element
Criscraft beam vertically polarized pointing NE. located
at 33 56.74N, 117 56.87W . It was strong at the start.
Results:
It was found by all three starters:
Calls
Miles Time
N6AIN/WA6PYE 16.6
8:47
AB6PA/N6BOX
9.2
8:48 WINNER
N6MJN
17.5
8:55
Bob WB6JPI