The works on our computer systems are completed. From now on the ARDF homepage in going to be updated regulary. As the column Forum has been rarely used in the last year, it is going to be replaced by a black board. On the black board the author wiil be allowed to edit or delete articles. From 2001 on there will be in the column Aktuell also "life pictures" of the competitions, not only pictures of start and finish.

Amateur Radio Direction Finding - one of the last adventures?

Soundless and quick he runs through the forrest. Holding in the left hand map and compass, turning in the right his high sensible receiver, he runs forward.

Using the map he avoids thickets, marshes and unnecessary hights. Two more minutes left and the hidden transmitter begins to broadcast again. Just behind, following him - a russian elite runner. A sequence of the last Rambo? Not quite - the aboved described scene could have happened at any international competion in Amateur Radio Direction Finding.

What exactly is ARDF?
Amateur Radio Direction Finding = ARDF, also known as "foxhunting", is a sport which is very familiar with orienteering. While at an orienteering competion on a map marked places have to be reached under the use of map and compass, there are at a ARDF competion little transmitter hidden in a forrest as orienteering marks. The competitor has to discover 5 transmitters. A little tricky is that each transmitter broadcasts only one minute and then has a pause of 4 minutes . So this makes up a 5 minute -zyclus, in which every transmitter broadcasts one after the other.

Fascination Amateur Radio Direction Finding
Why have so many people fun in Radio Direction Finding? There is an easy answer to this question : It is this wonderful combination between nature and technic. It is for ARDF not necessary to be a licenced ham, there is also no limitation of age: so everybody (families, HAMs, teens and retired) can take part . It is your decision to reach the transmitters whether by walking or by running fast through the forrest.

Amateur Radio Direction Finding Web Ring This site is owned by DL1AQ. A great way to track down ARDF and Fox Hunting sites. Want to join the ARDF Web Ring?
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