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"It's a fine fox chase, my boys!"
George Washington, Battle of Princeton, 1777
A QRP Fox Hunt is a series of 90 minute Amateur Radio events during which low-power (QRP) stations, or "Hounds," attempt to make contact with specific QRP stations designated as "The Fox."

 Announcing...
The 2017-2018
Winter QRP Fox Hunts



Calling all Foxes!  

Do YOU have what it takes to be a QRP Fox?
Many are called, and many are chosen!
If you think you have enough foxiness to be The Fox during our 40M or 80M hunts, please complete one or both of the appliucation forms linked below.
40M


The Winter 2017-2018 40M Fox Hunt will begin on Tuesday, November 7th, 2017 and run through Tuesday, March 27th, 2018.  There will be no hunts during the week of the Thanksgiving 
holiday, but Christmas and New Years Day are on weekends so the hunts will not be affected.  There are two hunts each Tuesday, so 20 Foxes will be needed.  Each Fox will be scheduled for two hunts, usually separated by several weeks.

If you would like to be considred for Fox duty in the 40M Hunt, please complete the brief application form you will find here:

40M Fox Application Form

Schedule,
Fox Results, and
Hound Results...
will appear here when they become available


The 40M Fox Hunts are conducted under our Winter Rules 
80M

The Winter 2017-2018 80M Fox Hunt will begin on Thursday, November 9th, 2017 and run through Thursday, March 29th, 2018.  There will be no hunts during the week of the Thanksgiving  holiday, but Christmas and New Years Day are on weekends so the hunts will not be affected.  There are two hunts each Thursday, so 20 Foxes will be needed.  Each Fox will be scheduled for two hunts, usually separated by several weeks.

If you would like to be considred for Fox duty in the 80M Hunt, please complete the brief application form you will find here:
Schedule,
Fox Results, and
Hound Results...
will appear here when they become available

The 80M Fox Hunts are conducted under our Winter Rules



Click Here to subscribe to the QFOX listserver for the QRP Fox Hunt! 
Click Here for Chuck Adams and the beginning of it all! 
Click Here for some more 1994-95 Fox Hunt History! 
Click Here for the K3ESE QRP Fox Hunt primer! 

QRP Fox Hunt Definitions:
   Fox    =    The station the Hounds try to work.   
   Hound    =    Each QRP station trying to work The Fox.   

Team
=
Group of 5 hounds acting as a team, to participate in the 
teams competition.
   Pelt    =    Slang for a completed QSO.   
   QRO    =    Any output power greater than 5 watts.   
   QRP    =    5 watts or less RF output from the transmitter.   
   QRPp    =    1 watt or less RF output from the transmitter.   
   QSO    =    Complete exchange of Signal Report, QTH,
Operator's Name, & Power Output. 		  
   QTH    =    State, Canadian Province (or Country if outside US/Can).   

QFOX
=
Internet Reflector (list) for QRP Fox Hunt discussion
Previous Seasons: 

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The QRP Fox Hunt Committee wishes to thank the Colorado QRP Club  for their generous sponsorship of these hunts! We especially want to thank the many hams who have helped with administration of the hunts from time to time, and N1FN (ET), at MorseExpress, for all of the web assistance he has provided to CQC and the QRP Fox Hunts since their first appearances on the Internet!
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