Category: Radio Orienteering

After some scary thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and evening we had a lovely Friday morning at Bond park for our sprint championship. This is a fast paced event, where quick thinking generally beats fast running. Results are below. A few competitors ran overtime. Some of my photos from today are here. Charles’s photos (including the group…

Link to Bulletin 4 Use this link to see who has already registered: Sunday’s event is at Umstead South, 2100 North Harrison Ave. Cary, NC, which is off of exit 287 in I-40. Arrive by 8:00am to drop your stuff at Shelter #1 at the left (west) side of the parking lot. The youth will…

Aaaaand…. we’re off! This morning we officially started the first of our four championship events: fox-orienteering at Eno River State Park. Joseph (again) designed a challenging set of courses for all levels. Apart from a couple of minor injuries everyone finished safely. Some people reported that they couldn’t hear certain transmitters while others said that…

On Wednesday we descended on Pullen park to practice ARDF sprint. This is a fast paced event, where the competitors have to find two sets of five controls, each transmitting for only 12 seconds. Everyone seemed to have a good time, and even the course setters Joseph and Ruth had a chance to try the…

Tuesday morning we returned to Umstead State park to complement Monday’s practice. This time the adults were on 80m and the kids tried 2m. The events went smoothly, thanks to the work of Patrick, Kelly, Dave, Joseph and Ruth, who reconfigured and moved all the transmitters after yesterday’s events. There was one minor hickup: the…

On Monday we moved to one of our favourite locations, Umstead State Park. The adults enjoyed a mid-length course on the 2m wavelength while the youth tried their luck on a shorter course on 80m. On Tuesday the roles will reverse: the adults will do 80m and the youth will do 2m. Thanks to Patrick…

This morning saw the beginning of a week full of events. The first four days until Wednesday we’ll have practice events, where participants can check their equipment, get accustomed to the local weather and vegetation and the organizers can work out some final issues before the championship. Joseph Huberman designed a challenging course for our…

The event had a 2 m classic course using both sides of the Eno River and a foxoring course on the East side. The weather was hot but felt mild compared to the week we experienced before. We had nine participants. Seven tried the 2m classic course and five tried the foxoring course. The classic…