EAT PIE... aka  The Eatonville Amateur Radio Club
 
The Eatonville Radio Club outdid themselves this year with this very challenging hidden transmitter hunt.  The hunt was held on 110 acres  of cow pasture and wooded terrain.  As the photo shows, an added challenge was added:  1 to 2 feet of snow.  Something tells me that hunting in snow is preferable to hunting in the rain and finding the COW PIES.  We lucked out.
 
HuntMaster Bob (aka K7MXE) used his Artic Cat 4 Wheeler ATV to hide the transmitters.  But it turned out that the most important use of this machine was to obliterate his tracks in the snow... As many hunters thought they could easily figure out where the Bunnies were hidden by following his foot tracks.  NOT!
 
Here's Chuck AC7QN and Rich KR7W... challengers from Tacoma, WA.... putting their heads together to figure out the strategy for finding transmitter MOE which was quite elusive.
 
Here, Hunt Master Bob is giving Rich and Chuck the word that this hunt practices the art of TEGWAR... which is The Exciting Game Without Any Rules.  HuntMaster Bob tells us, "Some hunters are going to be DISQUALIFIED".  Chuck expresses a look of disbelief. 
 
Here is the End of the HUNT.  Hot Coffee and Cookies from the back of the Subaru were welcomed after stomping around in the Snow for a couple of hours.
 

Here's the UN-Winners of the Hunt.  Discussion of the hunt in the car on the way back home...determined that Alan N7OMS (R) shudda been the winner because he found all of the transmitters... even the Malfunctioning MOE which had only 20 ft of RF range and sounded like a chainsaw when ON.  It was also noted that Rich KR7W shudda received second place because he found all transmitters (Except the ailing MOE) in the shortest amount of time.
 		 HuntMaster Bob sez:  There's no denying it.  You guys are disqualified for not finding the "Real RF Source" on Transmitter 8... instead you found the decoy and noted it on your score sheet..  Remember?   I said that Cheating was allowed... which means that I can cheat also.
Here's Huntmaster Bob's proclaimed winner, Casey WW7CH (L) chatting with Chuck AC7QN.
 
Another view of the Nice Day in the hills above Alder Lake.   All fotos by Pat WT7N...

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