Amateur radio direction finding (ARDF)

Welcome to the RSGB ARDF web pages

Welcome to the RSGB DF Committee web pages dedicated to DF Hunting to the International Rules as promulgated by the IARU.

If you are in any way a competitive person you will be attracted by IARU style DF hunts. With up to five hidden transmitters to find in a fixed time, the adrenalin starts to flow on the start line!

Look at the events page for details of UK competitions.

Website Changes
This site will in future be hosted on the main RSGB site. The URL is
http://www.rsgb.org/radiosport/ardf
The two sites will operate in parallel until mid 2010. Please note that the Downloads page is only available on the new site. Event documentation, ARDF Committee minutes and the ARDF Committee annual report can be downloaded.

British ARDF Championships 2010
The 2010 Championships are now confirmed for 21/22/23 May on the Star Posts area at Bracknell.

Reflector
The Reflector was established as a forum for an exchange of views, ideas and news about IARU DF Hunting in the UK.
Click the 'Forum' button to find out more about joining the RSGB ARDF Reflector

World Championships 2010
The event will be held at Opatija in northern Croatia from 13 - 18 September.
Click here for the preliminary information
Bulletin 1 has now been published. click here
David Williams (RSGB Team Captain) has now submitted the details of the RSGB Team. He can be contacted at croatia2010£&ddwilliams.net (replacing £& with @), if you need further information.

Equipment
UK sourced equipment is now available. David Deane, G3ZOI is selling (on a non-commercial basis) a kit for a combined 2m receiver and a 'tape beam' antenna at a very reasonable cost. Click here for further details of all David's offerings.

Bob Titterington, G3ORY supplies 80m receiver kits at a cost of £40 plus £3 p&p. These kits are also sold on a not-for-profit basis in order to promote 80m ARDF in the UK. The kits were back in stock on 24 July 2009. Click here for details.

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