Category: Radio Orienteering
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Results — Jun-3, 2017, Carolina North Forest Radio-O/ARDF.
As with last time, we met by the Municipal Drive entrance to Carolina North Forest (CNF) and used a similar course layout. It was comfortable when we started but it heated up tremendously in the afternoon. Thank you to Greg Kopsch for letting us use CNF and for stopping by to say hi during our…
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Open Radio-O (ARDF) event at Carolina North Forest, Sat. Jun-3.
Get ready for the second open ARDF event of 2017, Sat. June 3! For more information about Radio-O/ARDF, see the BOK ARDF page. Starts 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Course closes at 3:00 PM. We will meet at the East Entrance to Carolina North Forest. Take Municipal Drive off of MLK Jr. BLVD. (Parking lot…
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Results – May-13, 2017. Radio-O/ARDF Carolina North Forest
The weather was perfect for running at Carolina North Forest (CNF). It threatened to rain just a bit but we stayed dry the entire time. We even had some patches of blue sky float by. Some orienteers arrived before noon, got instruction, felt confident, and headed onto the course early. Most of the participants took…
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Open Radio “O” (ARDF) event at Carolina North Forest – Sat. May 13.
2017-05-13 4:40 AM update: The event is on! The NWS hourly forecast looks good. See you all out there. Get ready for the first open BOK Radio “O” ARDF event of 2017! Everyone is welcome. We will be hosting the meet at Carolina North Forest on May 13. Starts 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Course…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Radio-Orienteering
Radio-O, known as Amateur Radio Direction Finding (ARDF) was born during the cold war when when Northern and Eastern European countries wanted to encourage technical activities that developed civil defense skills in the schools and communities. Classic Radio-O The basic idea of a Radio-O classic event is to find up to 5 transmitters (sometimes called…
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Radio-O at Carolina Forest 8/14/2016 Results
The event was a great success in that almost everyone found all the controls and had fun. In this White/Yellow level event there are 5 transmitters, each on a different frequency, transmitting continuously. There were a reasonable assortment of issues that make any ARDF event “unique”, shall I say. We picked up a box of Chinese receivers…
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Radio-O Training Exercises
Map Reading – Line O The map has a network of purple lines (that are not physical trails in the terrain) following the lines offer several route choice options to the transmitters. Controls are set along the line and off the line at some key decision points. Participants are instructed to only follow the lines to the…
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Birkhead International ARDF Competition and Training Camp Results
Birkhead International ARDF Competition July 20 – 23, 2014 These are the results from the 4 competitions we had in the Uwharrie National Forest. This was a very successful cooperative event with the Guangzhou Radio Club. One of the highlights of the event was how well we worked together and our declaration to become Sister…