CQ! Thanks to all that came out to the PARC B Q, Amateur Radio Open House! What a great time and wow did we share the joy of worldwide communications demonstrating public service! Stay tuned as we embark into the next event! Until then, 73’s and stay safe!
The time is nigh! The details are in!! Are YOU ready to Hunt the hidden FOX Transmitter?!!
The Rules:
You can start at the Clubhouse at 1000 on Sunday Aug 31st 2025! 17 First St SE Fort Walton Beach Florida
You can also start from any location you desire!
You must obey traffic laws. Have fun but please be safe.
You can use any radio and antenna set up you want!
You DO NOT need to be an Amateur Radio Operator to hunt the FOX!
The FOX will be hidden in a public location in the city of Fort Walton Beach Florida only.
The Details:
Teams are encouraged for triangulation but not mandatory.
Following the fox hunt, the Playground Amateur Radio Club will host a BBQ with an Open House! This starts at 1200 pm and goes until 500 pm. Food and Drink will be available for $5.00 /plate. Cash is King. Donations are also greatly appreciated!
All times are in Central Time.
SURPRISE!!! There will be a FOX hunt from 1000 – 1200 starting from the clubhouse and hunting in the City Limits of Fort Walton Beach!
KQ4YXY was the first to find the Fox!! Joins us at noon today the 19th of April for a Bbq!!
World Amateur Radio Day, held on April 18 each year, is celebrated worldwide by radio amateurs and their national associations which are organized as member-societies of the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU). It was on this day in 1925 that the IARU was formed in Paris. American Radio Relay League (ARRL) Co-Founder Hiram Percy Maxim was its first president. A major theme for 2025 is celebrating 100 years of IARU.
WARD is Friday, April 18, 2025, at 0000 UTC until Saturday, April 19, 2025 at 0000 UTC
This Event page will be updated as we have more details, and we hope to see you and your friends and family down at the Clubhouse!
17 First St SE Fwb Fl
*ANNOUNCEMENT *
FOX HUNT!!!
There will be a foxhunt at 10am Saturday April 19th! Following the foxhunt at noon, there will be a BBQ at the Playground Amateur Radio Club Clubhouse! Successful hunters will receive a ticket for free lunch and 1 free entry into the Split-the-pot 50/50 raffle!
Here’s what you need to know:
Start @10am
Fort Walton Beach area
Open to the public, bring a friend!
BBQ @12pm at 17 First St SE FWB
Plates are $5 for burgers, brats or dogs, chips and a drink
50/50 Split-the-pot $2/ticket
Fox frequency 145.300
WARD Open House operations will continue until 7pm, come join the fun!
Want to know how the Fox Hunt went?!!! Sure you do! Here’s the scoop!
KQ4FRB snuck out of the Playground Clubhouse and eluded detection. Traversing multiple streets, roadways, and avenues, she made her way to the top secret location [although public by nature (pun indented)]. Once there, she communicated it was a go for the hunt of the transmitter hidden in plain sight, somewhere in the Beautiful Downtown area of the City of Fort Walton Beach!
Out of the shack and into the cars the hams and guests then went! Grabbing their Yagi’s and signal detection gear. After the roar of a faint tone they separated ways to triangulate and isolate areas where the transmission was to be stronger. Arriving at areas where they thought it might be, they swept narrow and wide which made them flee.
Moving throughout the city, watching the meters and listening for the tones, they adjusted their squelches on multiple radios. Using harmonics they zeroed right in and found the elusive Fox securing a win! Even non-hams played along and found the transmission, but not before KI4ZER and his guest Derrick, securing the win! N2XU was next with his friend Steve, and little did they know, KQ4FRB had a trick up her sleeve! Once he was close, she had DJ raise the antenna from a few feet to above the trees! Now N2XU was puzzled and asked for clues from me! Gave him one we did but it only puzzled him more until finally, N2XU arrived and could celebrate once more!
If you did not participate you missed a great Fox Hunt! Following the event, we went by AA0EU’s and had ourselves a brat and dog BBQ!
Be sure to stay tuned for more events like this that you wont want to miss!
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