Results of the August 2013 Melbourne Foxhunt

 

Here are the results of the August Hunt. Fox for the evening was the VK3FOX team who became fox just a day earlier and planned the evening while consuming dinner. Three teams ventured into the chilly Melbourne air – VK3FAST, VK3CI and VK3BLN. Hunts alternated between 6m and 2m requiring hounds to swap gear at the start of each hunt. I believe that this is the most complicated change for the VK3CI team so they should be really good at it now!!

Signals on both bands were somewhat intermittent (actually guys that is called CW, or morse code,  and it was actually saying something and sending callsigns) but teams soon became adept at DFing the CW and not too many complaints were heard. The hunts went out from Greensborough in a North to Northwest direction and then came in an Easterly / Southerly arc back again. Hunt 1 was in Mill Park, 2 was in Craigieburn, 3 in Mernda, 4 in Yarrambat , 5 in ST Helena and hunt 6 was in Greensborough near the Soccer field over the plenty River ford.


Teams then retired to the home of Greg VK3VT for a well earned supper of vegetable soup, sandwiches, sausage rolls, chicken wings, cake and ice-cream. Results were announced and the teams made their weary way home.

Fox for next month is the VK3MZ/VR/TVB/MD/HRL/etc team and VK3FAST for October.

Results are as follows; scoring was points based, 1 for first 2 for second 3 for third and lowest score wins.

Hunt

1

2

3

4

5

6

Place

VK3BLN

1

1

2

3

5

2

7

2

9

1

10

1

VK3FAST

2

3

5

2

7

1

8

1

9

3

12

2

VK3CI

3

2

5

1

6

3

9

3

12

2

14

3

73,  Greg VK3VT for the VK3FOX team