HOMING IN
“I have to say that hunting foxes has made the self-quarantine days much more bearable, and it gets me outdoors to boot!” Bill Curlew, KC1JTS, happily wrote that to the Connecticut Foxhunters email reflector. Gregory Vinci, N1ZXL, added, “This adventure is amazing. Besides playing radio, it has led me to some new and beautiful hiking places.”
Finding transmitters that your fellow hams have hidden, known as radio foxhunting, is different nowadays. Some forms of it may not be possible at this time due to COVID-19 restrictions, but socially distanced foxhunting can be done and it has been a welcome respite from days of isolation at home for many hams.
Foxhunting in the Nutmeg State
Connecticut’s foxhunters are a hardy bunch. They started 2020 with their traditional New Year’s Day mobile event, organized by Paul Gibson, N1TUP. They gathered at an old schoolyard in their radio direction finding (RDF) equipped vehicles, checked in, and then set out to find Paul within a 20-mile radius and within two hours. His fox squawked occasionally on the input to a local repeater as
