Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This is the first episode in a Radio Direction Finding (RDF) series in which I will attempt to learn and share the basic principles of RDF to find hidden transmitters. This is my first attempt.

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* BFoxCon Baofeng Foxhunt Controller - byonics.com/piccon
* Yagi: chameleonantenna.com/products/tacyagi-70

0:00 Introduction
1:01 The Approach
2:52 1st Bearing
6:28 On the Move
8:04 2nd Bearing
10:32 Next Movement
12:27 3rd Bearing
16:15 Closing In
17:56 Bushwacking
19:06 Houston, We Have a Problem
22:42 A Snake!
23:30 AAR: Objective
24:27 AAR: Parameters
25:11 AAR: Event Details
28:20 AAR: What Went Well
30:38 AAR: What Did Not Go Well
33:51 AAR: Lessons Learned
36:54 Next Steps

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