Foxhunt on GMRS

[Davichko5650]

1 minute ago, WSDE760 said:

Could you could play Marco Polo on simplex with tones as long as both the fox and the hunters properly ID?

"Marco + hunter call sign" answered by "Polo + fox call sign" is a two-way communication and is is not secret code.

This would work

I'll bring this:

 

 

[WSFL951]

 

This thing is getting a little off-topic.

[SteveShannon]

4 minutes ago, WSDE760 said:

Could you play Marco Polo on simplex with tones as long as both the fox and the hunters properly ID?

"Marco + hunter call sign" answered by "Polo + fox call sign" is a two-way communication and is is not secret code.

I think you could. 

[WSDE760]

I can't imagine having enough people to do this.

Around here I can't even get anyone to answer calls to the repeaters so I can verify I have my radio programmed correctly.

[Davichko5650]

1 minute ago, SteveShannon said:

I think you could. 

Just the mental picture of a guy at a picnic table in a park surrounded by other guys with UHF Yagi's and step attenuators. People might think it's a POTA convention, or game wardens tracking the wolf population....

[WSFL951]

5 minutes ago, Davichko5650 said:

Just the mental picture of a guy at a picnic table in a park surrounded by other guys with UHF Yagi's and step attenuators. People might think it's a POTA convention, or game wardens tracking the wolf population....

good imagination.

thanks everyone for answering this topic.

[Davichko5650]

2 minutes ago, WSFL951 said:

good imagination.

thanks, everyone for answering this topic.

It's been a fun read between actually having to work!

[WSFL951]

So the right answer is yes, right everyone?

[Davichko5650]

5 minutes ago, WSFL951 said:

So the right answer is yes, right everyone?

Yes, but...

[WSFL951]

2 hours ago, Davichko5650 said:

Yes, but...

what?

[MarkInTampa]

One of my area ham radio clubs (they also run a great GMRS repeater) runs an event every month at a local park. Every month is a different theme, one month is QRP and the next may be GMRS but they always encourage GMRS users to come out and participate and always have a GMRS station setup. A few months ago they held a fox hunt theme with three stations. One GMRS, one 2m and one 70cm at different locations. I was out of town but heard they had a lot of fun.

[Davichko5650]

1 hour ago, MarkInTampa said:

One of my area ham radio clubs (they also run a great GMRS repeater) runs an event every month at a local park. Every month is a different theme, one month is QRP and the next may be GMRS but they always encourage GMRS users to come out and participate and always have a GMRS station setup. A few months ago they held a fox hunt theme with three stations. One GMRS, one 2m and one 70cm at different locations. I was out of town but heard they had a lot of fun.

Sounds fun. Up here in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, during Spring-Fall (and one event in Winter out on a frozen lake) we do a thing called "Hams in the Park."  A non-POTA, organized unorganized event (not club sanctioned so avoids needing permits, etc.) where we set up portable and mobile stations and have the occasional 2m foxhunt. Talk-in is always on 2m and GMRS Channel 20. One of the regulars has a great Info Table he sets up with Amateur, GMRS, MURS and more info and he always gets a a small crowd there. A real low-key, loose event where we'll have 5-10 operations going, mostly HF, and a lot of Coffee and "Eyeball QSO's" going on.

[SteveShannon]

19 hours ago, WSFL951 said:

So the right answer is yes, right everyone?

Not if you use a beacon transmitting one -way messages. 
But yes, if you’re tracking a person or hidden repeater which is engaged in two-way communication. 

[Davichko5650]

12 minutes ago, SteveShannon said:

Not if you use a beacon transmitting one -way messages. 
But yes, if you’re tracking a person or hidden repeater which is engaged in two-way communication. 

What I was gonna say in answer to my "Yes, but..." comment. But you got in here first on that!

Yes, but needs to be done within the regulations there in 47 CFR 95 et. seq.  I'm thinking the "Marco - Polo" version would be the best. They could do 2 for one if the M & P stations traded off being the fox.