Category: Radio Orienteering
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Open Radio-O/ARDF 80m Classic at Eno River State Park, May 21
We will have an 80 m classic course at the Eno River State Park Few’s Ford Access on Sunday, May 21, GPS 36.0742 -79.0055. For more information about Radio-O/ARDF, see the BOK ARDF page. Starts 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The course closes at 3:00 PM. We will be using the Jiri Marecek transmitters, which…
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Radio-O Practice at our Orienteering Events
We plan to have very short radio orienteering practice at most of our orienteering events before the World Champs in September. We’re doing this partly because BOK Radio-O’s competitors make up half the US Team for the World Championships this fall in the Czech Republic. The practice events closely resembling the competition conditions we have held are…
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ARDF USA Championship 2023 – Classic Day 2 Results
On the final day of the competition, we were greeted by below-seasonal temperatures (cold!) and rain. The roles were reversed from the day before: those who did 80m courses on Saturday did 2m on Sunday and vice versa. Many competitors were on a tight travel schedule, and the electrical storm delayed the course set-out schedule.…
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ARDF USA Championship 2023 – Classic Day 1 Results
Day three hit a couple of small issues. One of the 2m transmitter was observed to transmit an unmodulated signal (no tone, just a quiet carrier signal). Charles switched it over to FM and that worked, but it produced a different tone and seemed a lot louder than the other transmitters. Also, during the start…
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ARDF USA Championship 2023 – Foxoring results
The cluster of thunderstorms on Thursday afternoon prevented the organizers from setting up the Fox-o course for Friday, so the start of the fox-o competition had to be delayed. There were a few unfortunate events during the race: Special prize to Norbert Linke who found the dead transmitter in 3 minutes and 2 seconds! Results…
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ARDF USA Championship 2023 – Sprint results
The championship started with the sprint competition in the Buggy Whip trails section on the western side of Cooper Lake State Park’s South Sulphur Unit. Competitor success was based on how well competitors kept track of their position on the map and how much they took advantage of the trail system. Results are below. Day…
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Results: Radio Orienteering at Schenck Forest
We will have a two-band small Classic Radio Orienteering event at Schenck Forest on Saturday, April 1
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Results – Championship Quality Radio-O Sprint
March 5, 2023 at Dix Park The weather was perfect, and the event went flawlessly setup and equipment wise, however some of the competitors weren’t so flawless. This is great practice for the Champs. Now is the time to get the mistakes out of your system. Radio Orienteering,Results 2023-03-05 Sprint All3.1 km 58 m 60…
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Results for Radio Orienteering Nov 12, Umstead South
Eight competitor groups (ten individuals) participated in the 80m classic course competition on November 12. Everyone located all the controls on their course, and no one was OT! That is especially impressive because it was the first time on a standard course for three of them. All the first-timers were graduates of Nadia Scharlau’s beginner…
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Results – Umstead West 80m Radio Orienteering & Beginner Training – 17 July 2022
There was a strong showing of eleven beginners, and two intermediate-level radio orienteers, on this warm, humid, July morning. A few Radio Orienteering experts were also on hand. The beginners worked as a group, walking together, learning the basics of operating an 80m direction-finding receiver. For simplicity, all beginner participants used identical R3500D receivers. With…