The QRP Fox Hunt is a series of 1.5 and two-hour amateur radio events during which QRP stations ("Hounds") attempt to work specific QRP stations designated as "The Fox." Throughout any particular season there may be a "dual hunt" with two foxes on the air at a time. These hunts are usually conducted in CW (Morse code) but can be in any other mode the committee authorizes for a particular season. Our Summer and Winter rules pages provide all the legal details you'll ever need... |
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All Hounds will be in competition with each other, as will all Foxes. At the end of the hunt, the winner(s) will be the Hound(s) who has/have worked the most Foxes, and the Fox who has worked the most hounds. Special recognition may be given in other categories. The Foxes may also participate as Hounds. Good hunting, and make FUN your First Priority!
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Rules from our Past:
Everything below this line is pretty much an archive from
rules we've used in past hunts. We're now using separate
sets of rules for our Summer and Winter hunts...
GENERAL
The hunts will take place each Thursday evening (US time) from Thursday, November 4th, 2004 through Thursday, March 17th, 2005.
Each hunt will start at 0200Z, and last for 2 hours (last entry no later than 0359).
The local Thursday evening starting times will be as follows in North America:
6:00pm Pacific
7:00pm Mountain
8:00pm Central
9:00pm Eastern
In each week there will be two Hunts, with two Foxes operating simultaneously.
GUIDELINES
The Fox can be expected to change his listening frequency often, depending on the number of stations calling and the frequency spread. Hounds who cannot work "split" or do not have RIT should nevertheless operate as far from the Fox's transmitting frequency as possible, or wait until late in the hunt when the Fox is working zero-beat.
Examples:
559 CO ET 500MW
579 ND DOC 5W
The Fox's information may in some cases be "deemed" to be exchanged. That is, the Hunter need not acknowledge the Fox's information, and the Fox may work a list. For example, the Fox may call several stations and acknowledge their information one by one, while sending his own information only once for the list. Hounds must be operating at QRP power levels (5W or less) if the contact is to count in the competition. Hounds may participate at QRPp power levels (1W or less), in which case they should report their power as 1W or as mW as appropriate. Foxes may work any station, including QRO stations, for Fox credits, because of the possibility of multiple contacts with stations not participating competitively as Hounds. Hounds may work each Fox only once per session. Hounds must not work the Fox again using a different call sign (e.g. a club call). Foxes may also compete as Hounds, and may claim one point for their own sessions as the Fox, and one point for each other Fox operating at the same time (this is to avoid having Foxes abandon their frequencies in order to work each other).
Time | Call | RST (received) | QTH | Operator | Number/Power |
For example:
0101 N1FN 559 CO ET 500MW
Extraneous information such as colons in the time entries, dates, and "QSO numbers" are to be deleted from the Fox's log before posting.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR QRP FOX HUNT LOGS
(Provided by Tom, N1TP, former QRP Fox Hunt Scorekeeper)
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Who's Who on the QRP Fox Hunt Committee:
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The QRP Fox Hunt Committee wishes to thank the Colorado QRP Club for their kind donation of this web page, site design, editing services, and sponsorship of these hunts! We especially want to thank Marshall, at MorseExpress, for all of the web assistance he provided CQC and the QRP Fox Hunt since their first appearances on the Internet! Also, Ham Radio wouldn't be here without the ARRL - is your membership current?
We continue receiving Email complaints that this web site promotes the hunting and killing of foxes. NO! "QRP Fox Hunt" is simply a name we've given a fun and exciting amateur radio activity that involves radio equipment, low power transmissions, antennas, and lots of skill between radio operators exchanging signals with each other - this activity has nothing to do with animals, guns, hunting or killing - thank you!! |
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