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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."

 
The 2019-2020
Winter QRP Fox Hunts
40M

The Winter 2019-2020 40M Fox Hunt began on Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 and will run through Tuesday, March 31st, 2020.  There will be no Hunts during the week of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.  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. The 40M Fox Hunts are conducted under our Winter Rules 

Schedule

Fox Results

Hound Results

Winter 2019-20 TEAMS

Results


80M

The Winter 2019-2020 80M Fox Hunt began on Thursday, November 7th, 2019 and will run through Thursday, April 2nd, 2020.  There will be no Hunts during the week of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. 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.

The 80M Fox Hunts are conducted under our Winter Rules


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


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! 


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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 Morse Express, 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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