The Complete Guide to Amateur Radio Direction Finding & Fox Hunting
$10.00
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The Complete Guide to Amateur Radio Direction Finding & Fox Hunting
$10.00
A practical, field-ready guide to amateur radio direction finding (ARDF) and fox hunting — written for ham radio operators who want to actually get good at this, not just read about it.
Covers:
- Core DF techniques: homing, body-fade, peak vs. null reading, triangulation
- Gear: receivers, directional antennas (Yagi, tape measure beam, loop), and why attenuators matter
- Understanding attenuation and offset attenuation for clean close-range readings
- Search strategies: grid/sector search, closing the loop, team bearing call-ins
- Taking the skill from backyard T-hunts to real search and rescue taskings (PLBs, ELTs, lost-person radios)
- Common mistakes, 4 practice drills, a quick-reference cheat sheet, and a full glossary
9 pages, instant digital PDF download.
Produced by KK7TRG Radio Services.