• April 2002 New hunt proposed for May 2002 thru the end of the year (Unless this is a bomb).
• For the duration of 2002 we want to have TEAM  hunts.
• Team hunts help prepare us for real life searches.
• Each month we will pick from a hat next months FOX.
• NO monthly winner.
• At the end of the year the Fox that was the best at hiding will be a winner!
• Fox has 5watts max power.
• Fox has Antenna?
• Fax transmitts every x minutes? (Real jammers do it whenever they want!) Maybe a max time between transmitts?
• Berkshire County wide. (July is New England wide!)
• Start from home (stay at home if you like!) or where ever you are.
• Check in on 146.91!
• Hunt on simplex 147.42 (Tentative) Is this freq in use?
• Coordinate on what ever repeater or freq you can use.
• The object is to work together. Suggestions:
• Start at home, just like a real search.
• After starting, spread out to cover more area and TRIANGULATE!
• The closest person at the start should be the only person to find the fox.
• The hunt is OVER when the first Hound finds the fox.
• Other hounds should help triangulate NOT get to the fox.
• From home every one should report signal strengths.
• Try HT with duck on&off. Report if you hear!
• MILEAGE ! (otherwise known as the California hunt)
• Everyone checks in and starts from the parking lot at Bradley's. Be there BEFORE 10 am.
• When checking in give your current odometer reading.
• The fox will transmit almost continuously (rather than once every 5 minutes).  Transmits a few minutes then breaks for one minute or so. (Northern California version)
• Late starters still have to get to the Bradley's parking lot before checking in.
• Follow all General rules (see below) as applicable.
Editorial comment: Some California hunts have Time limits of 5 hours. Hounds that do not reach the fox before then are out. That's only when transmitting one minute out of every 10 minutes as they normaly do. In the interest of time and attempting to not be boring I suggest the above Northern California version which uses almost no dead air and rarely have people unable to complete the hunt..

• Winter rules: (November through March) keep the hunts fun.
• The hunt should be postponed/canceled if snow or ice covers or may cover roads in the area.
• No fox's on hill tops or steep roads.
• fox should make sure there is sufficient safe off the main road parking for the hounds.
• The Fox should be accessible from a paved road.

• Checkin on 147.03 at 10 am on the day of the hunt. Give your starting miles at checkin.
• Try not to exceed posted speed limits.
• Unless otherwise specified, all foxes will hide within town of Pittsfield or any of its directly adjacent towns.
• Foxes should not hide on private or restricted property. Malls, parking lots, no charge parks are usually ok.
• The fox should be heard on the output of the 147.03 repeater for him to be considered in proper hiding. Remember that 147.03 is outside the north-east corner of the hide able areas.
• Foxes should be visible from a public road.
• Our hunts currently involve only single stationary fox's. **
• No power or antenna limits are imposed at this time. **
• Timed hunts: Foxes should transmit once every 5 minutes for about a minute. Since some of the Hounds have to stop the car its best to be predictable about your transmissions. The fox should give a time check at the start and do the transmission on the mark of each 5 minutes. IE- 5,10,15,20,25,30 etc.... A real jammer would not be so predictable, but, a jammer would not transmit for just one minute each time either. These hunts are for fun.

July The Hounds Wide area Hunt:

The rules are yet to be defined but the idea is to have a hunt that can have the fox Anywhere in the range of the 147.030 repeater.