About
Us
The ESRFG is made up of licenced
radio amateurs, short wave listeners and their families from across
East Sussex who meet up approximatly once a month to participate
in a radio foxhunt (more details of how the foxhunt works can
be found on the 'About Foxhunting' section on the left hand side
of the page)
Hunts are generally carried out using
the Ordnance Survey Landranger 199 map, which works to a scale
of 1:50000 covering the Eastbourne and Hastings area, and carried
out on a Sunday afternoon, usually starting at 15:00 (summertime)
or 13:30 (wintertime), although this will be confirmed on the
'Events & Results' area as soon as possible.
The frequency used for the foxhunts
is 144.775 MHz.
Registration for the hunt takes place
half an hour beforehand on the GB3ES repeater (145.675 MHz) or
the hunt frequency in case of the repeater being offline.
The hunt schedule is generally as
follows unless stated. The following is based on a summertime
start:
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14:30
> 14:55 |
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Registration
for hunt takes place on GB3ES |
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15:00
> 17:00 |
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Hunt takes place
on hunt frequency. Hunt runs for two hours or until all foxes
are found, whichever is sooner. |
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17:00 |
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Awarding of prizes,
nibbles and retirement to local drinking establishment (otherwise
known as a 'pub') |
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The event is a great family activity
for a sunday afternoon (indeed, we do have entire families making
up a team of hounds in order to find the foxes). Please check
the 'Events & Results' section for the latest results and
the date of the next hunt.
If you are a short wave listener
and would like to join in, please email us at info@radiofoxhunt.co.uk
for more information on how you can register for the next hunt.
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