Foxhunts
Foxhunting Information
Current Rules
- The boundaries are University, Texas, George Bush, and Harvey Mitchell.
- It must be outside and accessible at all hours.
- It must remain stationary.
- The foxes may be hidden in some "hard" locations only when announced as a hard week. (See map for details)
- Some locations are always off limits. (See map for details)
- Each fox has a check code, which is a number written on the fox that changes every time. The submission form requires this to confirm that you have found the fox.
Wheatley
Wheatley is a green plastic box and transmits FM audio from Portal 2 on 146.565 MHz.
Wheatley contains a battery, Raspberry Pi, soundcard, Baofeng, buck converters, and the cabling to connect those modules.
Space Core
Space Core is a white styrofoam case and transmits CW on 433.5 MHz.
Space Core is a reprogrammed Vaisala RS41 radiosonde collected from the FWD NWS office.
Adventure Core
Adventure Core is a white styrofoam case and transmits FM modulated CW on 433.6 MHz.
Adventure Core is a reprogrammed Vaisala RS41 radiosonde collected from the FWD NWS office.
See the Adventure Core log →
Submit an Adventure Core find →
Current Boundaries
Past Foxhunts
Adventure Core was placed out on Friday. Katherine KT5KMF hid the fox, and AI5TN found it moved out of its location. The internal board was stolen, however the case was left behind. Ian AE5ID has since programmed and donated a replacement fox.
Adventure Core was placed out on Wednesday after the meeting. Katherine KT5KMF hid the fox, and KJ5DAO found it.
Wheatley was placed out on Wednesday after the meeting. Katherine KT5KMF hid the fox. No one found it, and it was later determined to be broken.
Adventure Core was placed out on Friday. Katherine KT5KMF and Braxton N5REV hid the fox, and AE5ID and AI5TN found it.
Wheatley was placed out on Friday. Katherine KT5KMF and Braxton N5REV hid the fox, and AE5ID and AI5TN found it.
Adventure Core was placed out on Friday. Matthew KJ5IIF hid the fox, and AE5ID and KT5KMF found it.
Wheatley was placed out on Friday. Matthew KJ5IIF hid the fox, however the battery was dead, so nobody found it.
Wheatley was placed out on Monday. Matthew KJ5IIF hid the fox, and AI5TN and KJ5MVJ found it.
Wheatley was placed out on Thursday after the meeting. Matthew KJ5IIF hid the fox, and KT5KMF, N5REV, KJ5GNP, KI5YAZ, and KJ5CPO found it.
Wheatley was placed out on Friday for a few hours. Matthew KJ5IIF hid the fox, and AE5ID and KT5KMF found it.
Adventure Core was placed out on Sunday. Ian AE5ID and Katherine KT5KMF hid the fox, and nobody found it.
Space Core was placed out on Sunday. Ian AE5ID and Katherine KT5KMF hid the fox, and nobody found it.
Wheatley was placed out on Sunday. Ian AE5ID and Katherine KT5KMF hid the fox, and KJ5IIF, KJ5DNP, and Karson found it.
Adventure Core was placed out on Sunday. Ian AE5ID and Katherine KT5KMF hid the fox, and nobody found it.
Space Core was placed out on Sunday. Ian AE5ID and Katherine KT5KMF hid the fox, and nobody found it.
Wheatley was placed out on Sunday. Ian AE5ID and Katherine KT5KMF hid the fox, and nobody found it.
Adventure Core was placed out on Friday. Matthew KJ5IIF hid the fox, and AE5ID, KJ5KFI, KJ5MVJ, KJ5CPO, KT5KMF, KJ5MVK found it.
Space Core was placed out on Friday. Matthew KJ5IIF hid the fox, and AE5ID, KT5KMF, KJ5KFI, KJ5MVK, KJ5DAO, KJ5CPO, KJ5MVJ found it.
Wheatley was placed out on Friday. Matthew KJ5IIF hid the fox, and AE5ID, KT5KMF, KJ5KFI, KJ5DAO, KJ5CPO, KJ5MVK found it.
W5AC has a new fox! Thank you to Alice KI1TEN for donating it and Ian AE5ID for programming it. Adventure Core was placed out on Saturday. Katherine KT5KMF and Ian AE5ID hid the fox, and KJ5GNP found it.
Space Core was placed out on Saturday. Katherine KT5KMF and Ian AE5ID hid the fox, and KJ5GNP found it.
Wheatley was placed out on Wednesday. Matthew KJ5IIF hid the fox, and N5REV, KT5KMF, KJ5IBS, KJ5CPO, KJ5DNP, and Karson found it.
