Backwoods Orienteering Klub

Have Fun in the Woods Orienteering… with the best maps in the world

Orienteering Raleigh NC

Backwoods Orienteering Klub, founded November 15, 1978 sponsors events and teaches orienteering in the North Carolina piedmont, around Raleigh, NC.

We invite you to try orienteering with us. Everyone is welcome at all our events. We always offer beginning, intermediate, advanced and expert courses (routes through the woods) at every Regular event.

Author: Joseph

  • Running a Radio-Orienteering Course

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    Here is your train of thought while running a course… You are called up to start and given your map. Only the start and finish are shown and you need to find the 5 foxes (radio transmitters) that are out there. You study the trail system and try to guess where the foxes could be.…

  • 2018 Annual Meeting Summary

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    . We had a very productive meeting. The details are in the meeting minutes.  The following is a summary of the meeting: We raised the Event Fees by $2 and membership fees by $5 Effective January 1, 2019: (Event fees have not been raised since the founding of the club in 40 years.) Entry Fee…

  • Annual Meeting 2018-11-02

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    BOK 2018 Annual Meeting Minutes November 4, 2018 / 7:00 PM / 904 Dorothea Drive, Raleigh, NC 2019 Schedule subject to permits January Josef Umstead West Members Relay January 13, 2019 Jan 27 Vladimir & Tanya Carolina North Open February Feb 2 or 3: Ft. Macon State Park , members Advanced, probably sprints (directed by Carl…

  • October 27-28 Events in Birkhead Wilderness

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    (Registration Required Inside this Post) We have 3 events on the weekend of October 27-28, 2018 in the Birkhead Wilderness just south of Asheboro. On Saturday there are two Members Advanced events starting at 1725 Gray Owl Road, Asheboro. The afternoon event runs from from noon to 3pm.  We will have Brown, Green, Red, and…

  • Eno River SI-Droid Results

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      This is our first event using the new software SI-Droid.  We got real time results during the event, and the results were ready to publish as soon as I got WiFi.  A big thanks to Ian who got all the bits and pieces to work together.  The next step is to keep it from…

  • 2018 US ARDF Champs Results

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    ARDF 2018 US Championships A tremendous thanks to everyone who put on the ARDF 2018 US Championships. We had excellent weather throughout the event until Sunday morning when we went through a downpour getting to the 80M event, but thanks again to the organizers for clearing out the rain for the duration of the event. …

  • Orienteering & Radio Orienteering – the Difference

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    There are differences and similarities between Orienteering and Radio Orienteering.   Radio-O, is commonly referred to as Amateur Radio Direction Finding or ARDF.  Both were developed as a sport after WWII as part of military training.  Orienteering to improve soldiers’ ability to navigate with a map, and Radio-O (ARDF) to locate the enemy when they used…

  • Radio-O May 27, 2018 Everyone Welcome

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    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…

  • May 20 Members Event at Umstead West

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    Welcome to the next Members event on May 20th at Umstead West.  You may start between 10:00am and noon.  Control pick up will start at 1:00pm. The meet is open to all members who can complete an expert level course. Please pre-register by Friday evening May 18th.   There are three available courses: Brown:  3.6…

  • Update: Results for Orienteering and ARDF April 21-22, 2018

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    Here is an update to the results for the event.  The MeOS software outputs the date in IOF standard .xml format that can be used by WinSplits, an online data analysis and display.  This software has additional information including “Time Lost in Errors”.  You can check the event results out on the WinSplits webpage  that…