Author: Joseph
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Gray Owl 4/19/20 ARDF Results
We had another perfect ARDF event. This time we used, for the first time, transmitters and antennas that were built by Charles. The event came off without a hitch. The antennas are unique. About a year ago I wondered if we could have antennas that didn’t need a ground wire. This wire needs to lay…
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Gray Owl 4/18/20 Results
After weeklong forecasts of rain, we had a beautiful day out at the Birkhead Wilderness. This event was a little different from usual. First, there was a ‘sprint’ on the 1:4,000 scale map of the Birkhead Rock Garden. Then the competitors turned their map over to a 1:10,000 scale map with much longer legs to…
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Orienteering & ARDF April 18-19 at Gray Owl
Saturday, April 18 This is no longer an Open event. We will have an Advanced orienteering event at 1725 Gray Owl Road, Asheboro. (Orange through Red courses) We have a new sprint map of the Rock Garden, a complex area with many rock and rootstock features mapped at 1:4000 by Vladimir Lyuk. The plan is…
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ARDF Youth Class this Summer
Do you know of a young man or woman age 11-13 who likes the outdoors, electronics, and is looking for a fun summer activity? The Town of Cary is offering a unique opportunity — a Radio Orienteering class taught by BOK member and former ARDF World Champion Nadia Scharlau. The class will take place at…
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BOK Uniforms Order Now
Order using this google form. We finally have BOK uniforms designed. We will be placing the order with Oland on Monday March 30. There is quite a selection of products, but we need, a minimum of 6 for a style to order that style, except for the jacket where we need at least 10. Fortunately…
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ARDF & Long O 3/15/20 Umstead N – Results
The weather was cool and then cooler, but with no rain. We used Si-Droid to check people in when they arrived and then used those check ins to make sure everyone returned. It worked quite well. Near the end I looked at the results and was easily able to see who was still out by…
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Open ARDF Ranking Event and Expert Long Form Orienteering at Umstead North
Registration Closed 6:30 pm 3/14/20 When: March 15, 2020 Courses open from Noon – 3:30 pm Location: Umstead North, Multi Use Parking AreaGPS Coordinates: 35.867674, -78.752441 Frequencies: Beacon 3.59Mhz , Beginner 3.55 Mhz, Expert 3.51Mhz We will have Beginner ARDF (Radio-O) through Expert ARDF as well as Expert Long Orienteering courses. ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction…
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Dix Sprints & FoxOring – Jan 5, 2020
We had some very fast times on the intricate sprints at Dix Park. We had two Red courses each with a Brown subset as well as a FoxOring course. Thanks very much to Susan, Debra, Jeff, Ian for help picking up. There were 32 starts. Dix park sprints, Results 2020-01-05 Red A 2.9 km 19…
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Dix Sprint & FoxOring Jan 5
We will start in Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh near the intersection of Umstead and Whiteside drive. 35.769774, -78.657912. Park in the large lot south of Umstead Drive. We will have a fast complex sprint with 4 courses, each with about 15 – 20 controls. Two red courses, each about 2.8k and two brown courses,…
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Dix ARDF & Middle 12/8/19
Nice cool weather and we had new people trying ARDF. The 30 second transmit for the slow side of the sprint worked really well, particularly for new people and those who haven’t practiced in a while. Here are the results Dix Park ARDF & Middle, Dec 8, 2019 – Open, Results 2019-12-08 Slow…