Fox Hunt planned on Jan 17th at Mr. Grumpy's Crooked Fence Ranch

This will be an on foot affair rather than on vehicles. Three foxes will be on 146.580.  Each fox will have a distinctive tone pattern. They will identify in code as W4RYZ/1, W4RYX/2 and W4RYZ/3.  The foxes will transmit in different time slots we hope but the cycle time is the same for all. Teams are allowed but only one person can hold the hunt equipment at a time. Gather in front of the trailer with your gear at 1 PM for final instructions and to register your team. The hunt will start at 1:10 and will end when all foxes are found or noon whichever comes first. Spectators are allowed but cannot aid in hunting. Please be aware of horses and electric fences on the site. GOOD LUCK. All are welcome to come out and may bring a portable radio set up if they like.

The ranch is home of Don Cornelius KK4DWC and is located just North of Southport, Florida on Hwy 388 East. You head north on Hwy 77 and turn right on Hwy 388 just 7 miles north of the Baily Bridge in Lynn Haven. We are about 1.2 miles down on the left. Look for the sign. Click here for a map.  There are horses on the ranch and if you are interested in horses contact Don's Son Gene Corneilus at Lazy-C-Ranch. 

There many options for fox hunting. The minimum equipment is a 2 meter HT or scanner. Directional antennas and attenuators can be home-brewed or purchased. Your committee is Greg N4KGL, Don KK4DWC, Phil KK4DWI and Bob KK4DIV.Transmitter hunting (also known as T-hunting, fox hunting, bunny hunting, and bunny chasing), is an activity wherein participants use radio direction finding techniques to locate one or more radio transmitters hidden within a designated search area. This activity is most popular among amateur radio enthusiasts, and one organized sport variation is known as amateur radio direction finding.

For additional info visit these links.

http://homingin.com/equipment.html

http://www.barriearc.com/Fox_Hunt/RDFing.pdf

http://theleggios.net/wb2hol/projects/rdf/tape_bm.htm

http://www.qsl.net/na0pw/FoxHunting.htm

http://www.k3dn.org/foxhunt.htm

http://fofio.blogspot.com/2013/02/low-tech-transmitter-hunting.html

gathering for instructions

Straight Key Night Kicks Off the New Year!

The Panama City ARC club house will be open Wednesday, December 31st, New Years Eve at 6 PM. The ARRL Straight Key Night will be on-going on the ham bands. The gear at the club is available to participate in SKN. See you there!

A Ham Night Before Christmas

The Panama City ARC club house will be closed Wednesday, December 24th,  Christmas Eve. However, the club house will will be open about 6:30 PM on  Wednesday, December 31st, New Years Eve.

Harold Crosby KF4YDO is Silent Key

Harold Crosby, 81, of Callaway, Fla., passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 4,
2014, at a local hospital. A native of Cranesville, Pa., he had
resided in Bay County since 1975. Harold retired from the USAF after
20 years of service and then worked for Civil Service at the Navy
base. He was a Ham operator and member of the National Association for
Amateur Radio and Panama City Amateur Radio Club.

We remember Harold for being present and helpful for most Panama City ARC events. The only time we did not see Harold was when he was on cross country trips operating his mobile amateur radio station. He was well known on the air waves including the 20 meter Maritime Mobile Net.

Panama City ARC Field Day 2014

The Panama City ARC held their 2014 ARRL Field Day at George Park in Panama City, Florida. It was a 2A club entry under the club's W4RYZ call sign. The principal operator station was in a trailer brought by Marv KK4DKT the club president. Marv's FT-897 fed a 80/40/20/10 Off Center Fed Dipole. A second station was setup at the North end of the park. It was a Icom 7100 brought by N4KGL using a 100 foot doublet fed with a SGC 237 tuner. The Icom 7100 was operated by a battery assisted by a solar panel. Operators included Marv KK4DKT, Bob WB8PAF, Phil N4STC and Greg N4KGL. Don KK4DWC and Harold KF4YDO accepted visitors in the Panama City ARC clubhouse also in the park. Other club members assisted with logging and help with setup. This fun activity demonstrated a emergency capability of amateur radio to provide communications should normal means be unavailable. Contacts were made across the US and Canada including the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.

More photos at this link.

Panama City ARC operates Field Day June 28/29 2014

The Panama City Amateur Radio Club will participate in Field Day on June 28/29 at George Park near the PCARC Clubhouse. The address is 130 N. Church Avenue Panama City, FL. We will be having fun contacting as many Hams as possible operating with similar setups around the United States. However, this will also demonstrate a capability to support emergency communications should normal systems be unavailable. The operating hours are 1 PM Saturday to 1 PM Sunday.  We will have various radios and antennas to operate voice, digital and morse code. The general public is welcome and youth groups are encouraged to attend.

Gulf Coast Triathlon

http://gulfcoasttriathlon.com/

Panama City ARC will support the Gulf Coast Triathlon May 10th in Bay County FL. We will provide SAG wagons for the bike course. 

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