I placed the KD1D Fox in a Westford location. It is operating on 146.565 MHz with an output of 50 mW and the same 30 second message as last year, repeating every 60 seconds. I expect to retrieve the fox around noon on Monday.
It should be a relatively easy find if you start from the Norman E. Day School on East Prescott Street (near the intersection of East Prescott and Town Farm Road). If you’re not a local, be advised that East Prescott turns into North Main Street without warning a few hundred feet down the road. North Main is not anywhere near Main Street, by the way. If you choose this starting point, you will see a separate parking area for the John Gagnon Trail.
An alternate starting place is from the Blanchard School parking lot off of West Street.
A map of the area can be found at:
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Happy hunting and 73 de KD1D, Alan!
Alan Hicks, KD1D, writes on the NEMassFoxHunters list:
I retrieved the KD1D Fox today (Monday, April 25) at noontime. It was still going strong and a check of the gel cell check a few minutes ago showed 12.38 VDC. That would be sufficient “juice” for at least 2 more days.
Congratulations to the successful hunters:
Eliot, W1MJ at 14:10 EDT on 4/23
Mike, K1 MJC at 14:30 EDT on 4/23 (assisted by Noah, his faithful canine companion)
George K1IG at 11:10 EDT on 4/24
I’m working on boosting the power of the Squawkbox Fox and constructing a couple of Foxensteins from bits and pieces including a 2m/75cm and an 80 meter CW fox.
I’m also concocting a scheme for a group fox hunt on FRS frequencies. Stay tuned.
73 de KD1D, Alan