Hi Richard!
If it shows a visual number, why not convert it to CW?
You would eliminate sight dependency with that.
73,
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Richard B. McDonald
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2016 3:44 a.m.
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Foxhunting
Hi Tom!
The sniffer has a remarkably accurate automatic attenuation (i.e., ranging)
setting.: 0 meaning you're far away up to 9 meaning you're on top of it.
When the sniffer changes from one attenuation level to another, it sounds a
"beep boop" tone. Although you cannot tell by that sound exactly what the
new attenuation level is, you know it changed. Since there is a sighted
person close by helping you get about, it is easy to ask them "hey, what is
the number displayed on my sniffer?" The attenuation number is displayed on
a LED screen on the sniffer.
Incidentally, instead of the sniffer sounding a "beep boop" each time the
attenuation number changed, it would be way cooler if it sounded a simple
series of "bops" where the number of "bops" equated to the attenuation
number. Of course, the number 0 would need to somehow be dealt with. It
seems to me that this should be a simple firmware tweak. When I get more
experience with the sniffer, I am going to email its maker about this.
73,
Richard KK6MRH
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Tom Fowle
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2016 6:33 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Foxhunting
Richard,
congrats on the hunt and the win!
Was there any problem related to the sniffer changing attenuation levels?
73s
tom Fowle WA6IVG
On Mon, Feb 08, 2016 at 07:53:12AM -0800, Richard B. McDonald wrote:
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> I wanted to report back on my experience foxhunting blind. I used the
> MK4 <http://theleggios.net/wb2hol/projects/rdf/tape_bm.htm> receiver
> (a.k.a.,
> "sniffer") together with a tape measure Yagi
> <http://theleggios.net/wb2hol/projects/rdf/tape_bm.htm> . I got the
> MK4 for
> $160 direct from its maker in Australia. It can be gotten from its US
> distributor for ~$300.
>
>
>
> Using the MK4 was remarkably accessible, fun and easy. It is a super
> powerful and effective sniffer. I am told that those (even the
> sighted) who are really, competitively and regularly involved in
> foxhunting use it. My Elmer helped me build the Yagi. That build was
> fun and easy too! People told me that the MK4 and Yagi together are
> about the best foxhunting equipment that can be had.
>
>
>
> Of course, being blind I needed someone to help me with running all
> around the park where the foxhunt happened. My niece who knows
> nothing about ham radio helped me. She's 22, and I am blind. This
> was my
first hunt.
> Nonetheless, we won!
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>
>
> 73,
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> Richard KK6MRH
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> foxhunting use it. My Elmer helped me build = the Yagi.
> That build was fun and easy too! People told me = that the
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