I was recently approached by Corne ZS1COR to assist their club (Eden Radio Club ZS1ERZ) in obtaining 2 x ARDF transmitters to be used for "foxhunting".
I stopped some of my home brewing ventures as my eyesight took a turn for the worst and I had several eye surgeries a few years ago. Nowadays I concentrate more on doing home brewing projects using already build modules. Be as it may I said to Corne that I still might have some foxes lying around somewhere in a junk box. Well I found two of them with components but both were still in kit form. I decided to give my soldering skills and bad eyesight a go in building these two transmitters. I started with one but soon realized that it was a hopeless case. Just look a the skew IC. This looks really bad!!! I soldiered on but had no hope of getting the fox up and running. Just look at the bad soldering. During the process I bridged at least five tracks and components. I finished the first fox and put it through the smoke test. It passed!! I was amazed that after all the bridges and bad soldering this fox was up and running. The second fox is still in kit form. I decided that this will be the very last home-brew kit project that I will undertake. If the kit is not in a modular form then I will give it a pass.
The fox was send to Corne ZS1COR and I am sure we will soon receive further information on a foxhunting "DXpedition " in the George area.
The article and photos of the fox that I home brewed many years ago is available HERE.
It was sold several years ago.
More information on the fox can be found HERE.
Photos: (Click on images for larger view.)
