KØOV's Photo Album
of the 2010 USA ARDF Championships
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Marvin Johnston KE6HTS of Santa Barbara, California was in charge of the electronic scoring system (e-punch). It worked flawlessly throughout the competition, automatically tallying the results and letting each competitor know how long it took him or her to find each fox transmitter.
After each competitor punched in at the download station, his or her results were printed out and posted on these strings for everyone to see.
Jay Hennigan WB6RDV got some abrasions on his shin, which were carefully inspected and then cleaned by Field Medic April Moell WA6OPS.
Frequent orienteers know how to quickly dry out their competition clothes. This is the vehicle of Guy Olsen from Caldwell, NJ.
The traditional championships "banquet" took place at Applebee's near the headquarters hotel on Saturday evening after the two-meter event. It was a great opportunity to get to know fellow participants. It was also unusual in that there were no speeches. Everyone seemed to like it that way.
The 80-meter event took place Sunday in the Miami University Natural Area, just north of the main campus in Oxford. The parking lot and finish area where everyone gathered didn't have restrooms, so the organizers thoughtfully provided this camper/trailer.
Veteran radio-orienteer Per-Axel Nordwaeger SMØBGU prepares for the 80m run. PA was course-setter for the 1994 ARDF World Championships in Sweden. Even though he is now over 70 years of age, he continues to be a regular competitor and medal-winner.
Brian DeYoung K4BRI awaits his turn on 80 meters. He was very eager to run 80 meters this year because his equipment was damaged just before the 80m event the previous year in Boston.
They're off! In the 80m starting corridor are five competitors in different categories. The guys in front are Bob Cooley KF6VSE, Jay Hennigan WB6RDV, and PA Nordwaeger SMØBGU, Behind them are Judy Taylor WD8EOP and Karla Leach KC7BLA.
Competitors can attempt to get bearings while in the start corridor, but they aren't allowed to stop to do it. Lori Huberman and Leszek Lechowicz NI1L are multitasking as they run.
Guy Olsen is a long-time orienteer but this is only his second ARDF championships. On 80 meters, he used a one of SMØBGU's spare receivers with ferrite bar antenna on the top and a sense antenna wire hanging down.
Ian Smith is a Cambridge Sports Union member who got into ARDF in 2009. His gold-winning 5-fox time on the 80m course was an amazing 53 and a half minutes.
Ruth Bromer WB4QZG is an experienced orienteer at her second USA championships She captured gold in D60 on both bands.
Mike Minium is a fast-running Cincinnati orienteering expert who was a big help to the organizers and planners of this event. He tried the 80m course just to see what it would be like and ended up winning a bronze medal.
Brian Jansen KC9GMW and Ken Harker WM5R pace each other in the 80-meter starting corridor. Brian will win USA bronze in M40 and Ken will get USA silver in M21.
