Geofoxing
Geofoxing is a combination of amateur radio arrows (fox hunting) and geocaching . It's a variation on foxoring . There are several variants, most of the time you get a GPS coordinate that you start using GPS. At the waypoint a mini transmitter (Foxoring transmitter) can be heard by means of a direction finder, which has to be aimed at and found. The next coordinate or part of the final coordinate is attached to the transmitter.
The reverse variant is less common: during a fox hunt (amateur radio arrows), additional snippets of coordinates are attached to the stamp stations. Once you have found all five channels, you can log the geocache as a bonus.
Small transmitters are used as transmitters, all of which constantly transmit on the same frequency. Their range is generally around 50 to 200 m. The actual range may vary depending on the type of transmitter, the installation location and the time of day. When designing the transmitters, you should therefore ensure that there is overlap. In contrast to a classic direction finding event with five transmitters, there are no specifications for the number of transmitters in geofoxing and foxoring; sometimes more than 20 transmitters are used. Although geofoxing can be carried out on the 80-meter as well as on the 2-meter tape , there is mostly only 80-meter geofoxing. The reasons for this are the low prevalence of 2-meter Foxoring transmitters and the fact that geofoxing does not focus on the direction finding technique, which is more difficult at 2 meters, but rather orientation in the terrain.
Depending on the variant, as with classic amateur radio direction finders, stamping tongs and control cards or electronic timing systems can be used to prove that a transmitter has been found.
Radio amateurs like geofoxing in the field of youth work, e.g. B. for vacation pass offers.
For the commissioning of the Geofoxing transmitters (amateur radio transmitters) you need a license to participate in the amateur radio service . Everyone is allowed to listen (and thus take a look).
You can find contact persons in Germany u. a. at the presentations for amateur radio sport (ARDF) at the amateur radio associations of the German Amateur Radio Club and the Association of Radio Amateurs in Telecommunications and Post .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geofoxing presentation DK7EO. (PDF; 10.6 MB) Retrieved June 14, 2013 .