Amateur Radio Fox Hunting

Fox Hunting

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Regular monthly hunts

In Melbourne regular hunts are held on the two metre amateur band - these are held on the third Friday of the month - including January. The December hunt is usually held on the second Friday.

More information on foxhunting may be found on the Victorian ARDF Group's web site at www.ardf.org.au This web give details of the fox calculator, used to determine who is fox next, and the cumulative scores.

Melbourne fox hunting list

An e-mail list operates for fox hunters in Melbourne giving details of next event, results and other interesting items. To subscribe go to the list's website and click on "Subscribe".

Australian fox hunting championships Queen's Birthday weekend Mount Gambier – These championships are held in conjunction with the annual South East Radio Group's Convention. And can be a lot of fun for those who want try their skills against some of the best around. Hunts are held on a number of bands including 80M, 10M, 6M, 2M, 70CM and 23CM. The infamous night hunt always produces some stories for the participants to talk about for years to come. This hunt has legs on at least four bands and sees a strange array of vehicle setups with some teams managing to get antennas for all bands mounted at the one time! Click here for the SERG site

SERG 2009 convention program click here

Victorian fox hunting championships

These are held in the period before the Mount Gambier Australian Championships around the April to May period each year. A team is selected at the end of the event to run next year's championships. A complete day of hunting is undertaken with events on a number of bands usally including 80M, 10M, 6M, 2M, 70CM and 23CM. An evening meal is usually provided and this is followed by a multi-leg multi-band night hunt. Supper and a announcing of results follow.

Results of the Victorian fox hunting championships 2010 – April 17^th

Run by the Josh of the VK3TXO team and won by VK3MZ/VR/HRL & Glenn team, other competing teams were VK3YQN, VK3FAST, VK3BLI & VK3BLN Click here for results

Results of the Victorian fox hunting championships 2009 – May 16^th

Run by the VK3FOX team and won by VK3YQN other competing teams were VK3OW & VK3BLN Click here for results and photos

Victorian fox hunting championships 2008 – May 10^th

Run by the VK3HRL/MZ/TVB/VR team and won by VK3YQN other competing teams were VK3YDF, VK3OW, VK3BLN/ VK3TXO and VK3VT

Victorian fox hunting championships 2007 – June 2^nd

Run by the VK3YDF team. VK3BLN & VK3MZ/VR/TVB/JMD were joint winners with VK3OW second and VK3YQN in third.

Victorian fox hunting championships 2006 – May 6^th

These were run – by the VK3YQN team and won by the VK3YDF team. Click here for a full report.

Victorian fox hunting championships 2005 – April 30^th

These were run – by the VK3BLN team and won by the VK3YQN team.

Victorian fox hunting championships 2004 – April 24^th

These have been run – by Mark VK3JMD and his team and won – Adam VK3YDF and team took out the title this year.

Victorian fox hunting championships 2003 – April 12^th

These have been run – by Ewen VK3OW and his team and won – Mark VK3JMD and team took out the title this year. Read a report from one team

Victorian fox hunting championships 2002 – May 11^th

In 2002 the championships were run by the VK3YQN team in the area around Pakenham south east of Melbourne. VK3YDF team won the event.: VK3VT Report and Results

North East Radio Group, Inc. Melbourne, Australia. Page updated 19 April 2010 VT