ARDF literature |
9 Aug 1996 |
323 pages of RDF information of all sorts including techniques, projects, and equipment reviews. There is lots of detail on hiding, including tape recorder interface data, timers, and a complete description of the "Un-Music Box" tone generator.
Look for this book at ham equipment distributors and electronics book stores. It is also available by mail from the bookstores of American Radio Relay League and 73 Magazine.
Published by Tab/McGraw-Hill (ISBN number 0-8306-2701-4)
"Throw Your Voice" in 73 Amateur Radio Today magazine for December 1990.
"Build the TBOX" in 73 Amateur Radio Today magazine for October 1991.
"Teeny-Weeny T's" in 73 Amateur Radio Today magazine for May 1993.
http://www.kvoa.com/byon/thunt/racmanul.html
"A "Swiss Army' Foxbox" in
73 Amateur Radio Today magazine for July 1993.
"Multiple Foxes = More Fun" in 73 Amateur Radio Today magazine for March 1995.
"Throw Your Voice" in 73 Amateur Radio Today magazine for December 1990.
Loops -- A Love/Hate Relationship 12/88
They're OK for HF, but not VHF.
Let's Build a Quad 2/89
Plans for 2M Strung wire quad.
Handling Strong Signals 3/89
Plans for internal RF attenuation system.
Selecting Antenna Polarization 4/89
Dual yagi and switch box to select 6 polarizations.
High-Class Hunting 7/89
Some ideas for mobile rotating beam mounts and installations.
Noise Meters 8/89
Plans for a weak-signal meter.
Build the Handy Tracker 9/89
Plans for super-simple 2M TDOA set with no front/back ambiguity!
Winning Foxhunts with TDOA 11/89
More on commercial and homebrew TDOA sets.
T-hunting Fun on Six Meters 12/89
Simple equipment for 6M hunting.
Mail Call 2/90
T-hunting news at home & abroad.
Solving HF Jamming 3/90
Introduction to RDF on the DX bands.
Build the HF Homer 4/90
Plans for mobile loop/sense RDF system for 18 to 30 MHz.
More Huff-Duff Ideas 5/90
More HF homer & a simple field-strength meter.
Jammer Busting 6/90
How to react to jamming; intro to VOLMON.
Sniff w/a Bug Buster 7/90
Plans for a sniffer using monolithic RF amplifier chips.
Alabama Action 8/90
More on the monolithic sniffer; hunts in Birmingham.
Quads with Class 9/90
Review of Alabama Amateur Electronics commercial quads.
Try UHF and SAR 10/90
440 MHz hunts; search/rescue RDF.
Hunting for PELTS 11/90
Personal Emergency Locator Xmtrs.
Throw Your Voice 12/90
Plans for the Fox Commander, gives remote control of Un-Music Box.
Leveling the Field 2/91
Time vs. mileage scoring, which is best?
ELTs and PRBs, Revisited 3/91
More on search/rescue RDF.
Avoiding the Slammer 4/91
Advance police notification? Also hunting radiosondes.
T-Hunting Stolen Cars 5/91
All about the Lo-Jack anti-theft system.
Hunting for the Gold 6/91
International foxhunts; invitation to Friendship Games.
Three-second T-hunts 7/91
All about the Teletrac anti-theft system.
RDF Tracks RFI 8/91
Plans for 80M loop and hints on RDF at 80M.
Foxhunters Invade Oregon 9/91
Firsthand report on 1991 Friendship Games foxhunt in Portland, Oregon.
Build the TBOX 10/91
Plans for versatile microprocessor-based foxbox by N6MBR.
RDF Potpourri 11/91
More on TBOX; "receiver hunting".
RDF Spans the Globe 12/91
Hunts in England, Russia, Japan.
Doppler Fun in Phoenix 2/92
T-hunting in Phoenix.
Homebrewing Hints and Heroic Hunts 3/92
440 MHz sniffing; stuck xmtrs.
Foxhunt Fame Awaits You 4/92
Hunting foxes in Ukraine and balloons in California.
School Days and Dual-Band J's 5/92
Kids T-hunt in Oklahoma; dual-band hiding antenna.
Bag Those Foxes: Antenna and Hunt Ideas 6/92
Review of MFJ yagi; Free-For-All hunts.
RDF Opportunities Abroad & at Home 7/92
More Ukraine radiosports; 3rd harmonic sniffing; 440 quad.
T-hunt Trickery 8/92
Dastardly hints for hiders.
T-Hunting in the Beef State 9/92
A visit to Lincoln, Nebraska.
Toward the Perfect RDF System 10/92
Introduction to 2D azimuth-vs-strength plotting.
What's That Whirligig? 11/92
Description of KK6CU's motorized quad and storage scope display.
Crowning the Champs 12/92
A tough convention hunt; invitation to FRG-93.
A Computer on Your Team 2/93
Plans for WB8WFK's computerized 2D display.
Denver Hams "Excel" at T-hunting 3/93
Balloon hunting in Colorado with an Excel macro for triangulation.
Computerized Triangulation, Part 2 4/93
Teeny-Weeny T's 5/93
Plans for postage-stamp sized 30 mW 2M transmitter.
Medal-winning & Record-breaking T-hunts 6/93
Southern California All-Day hunts are tougth, this one included 4 states!
A "Swiss Army" Foxbox 7/93
Review of the N6ZAV/KD6BCH "RaCon" microprocessor-controlled foxbox.
For T-Hunters Only ... Not! 8/93
Reviews of Arrow yagi, the Digi-Field FSM, & Comm-Spec ID-8 IDer.
RDF Adventures in Ham Radio Fiction 9/93
3 books w/ RDF for young hams; FM modulator for May's micro-T.
Foxhunt Fun at the Friendship Games 10/93
Firsthand report on 1993 Friendship Games foxhunt in Victoria, BC Canada.
Motorized Beams, Santa Barbara Style 11/93
Description of KA6SOX/KK6OS motorized yagi and radar scope.
Testing the Ramsey Foxhound 12/93
Review of Ramsey DF-1.
Texas T-Hunters Trap Teen Thief 2/94
Bootleggers in Dallas; review of Optoelectronics R20 sniffer.
The Foxcopter 3/94
Description of N0MKJ's motorized quad system.
T-Hunters to the Rescue 4/94
RDF in the Civil Air Patrol.
Temblor Triggers a T-hunt 5/94
KK6CU finds Sheriff's stuck xmtr after CA quake.
Guerilla-Style T-hunting 6/94
RFI tracking in Sierra Leone.
Attenuators Made Easy 7/94
Resistive and offset attenuators.
Testing the Ramsey SlyFox 8/94
Review of Ramsey FHT-1.
RACES RDF Goes High-Tech 9/94
Description of KD6IFZ's Mac-based automatic mapping/trianglation system.
Navigation and Networking via Packet 10/94
Triangulation techniques & APRS.
Testing the Motron Fingerprinter 11/94
Review of Motron transmitter identification system.
T-Hunting Down Under 12/94
RDF contesting in Australia.
Track It With Packet 2/95
More on APRS including review of a Mac version.
Multiple Foxes = More Fun 3/95
Planning multiple T-hunts; review of GQ Enterprize 10 mW 2M mini-fox.
A Good Doppler Gets Better 4/95
Plans for improved Roanoke Doppler antenna set, covers +/-20% freqency range.
Good Deeds, Good Fun, and Goodwill 5/95
Phony SOS in Tucson; Friendship Games announcement.
Wideband Doppler, Part 2 6/95
Plans for a mag-mount version of the new Roanoke antenna; other VHF bands.
Stalking the Wild T 7/95
RDF tracks endangered tortoises in the Mojave desert.
APRS Puts Doppler Bearings on the Map 8/95
Review of the N7LUE board that interfaces doppler DFs to APRS computers.
The T Is On! Let's Find It! 9/95
Review of the basics of mobile T-hunting.
Hunts and Stunts Around the USA 10/95
Regional variations on mobile hunting; interesting hunt stories.
Cooperative Tracking and Web Surfing 11/95
More hunt stories and a T-hunt Web site in Albuquerque.
Foxhunting's Wide World 12/95
International-rules championship foxhunting comes to southern California.
New T-Hunting Goodies 2/96
Reviews of Agrelo micro-transmitters and Cubex 4-element 2m quad.
Doppler Antenna Update 3/96 D
Sensitivity issues, tips for checking/troubleshooting.
Fox hider =
Foxbox = a device for finding the fox
T-Box = unattended hidden transmitter