I got started later than I wanted to at around 11:30. Coming into Northridge I could hear the N6MI  T on the radio connected to the vertical but the signal on the beam was very weak. I got off the freeway to take a reading and discovered the gamma match had broke. I pulled out the old soldering iron (hadn't done this on the road is a while) and repaired the antenna. Coming into Burbank the signal got much stronger and seemed to point toward Glendale. Proceeding further, the signal became weak and changed directions. I also heard another T sending MOH over and over coming from around Griffith Park (must have been a decoy T planted by another hunter). After realizing the MI  T was not near Burbank, I extended the bearing line and found it went through Hacienda Heights (a certain T hunter lives near there). Arriving at Hacienda Height I found the signal had once again disappeared. Learning from the first time, I decided to drive south over the hills. Reaching the top the signal showed up again. Now I realized it was from the ranging near Modjeska Peak. I plotted a course. After passing through Silverado Cyn and climbing up the dirt road, I found T7 and the "fast" T sending N6MI. Progressing further up the road I passed Bob and Kathy. Found the "Go" T, T8 and T6. I had heard T9 but never strongly. I back tracked until I heard it again. I was behind me. I had passed it twice. Finally found it and went home going east via Bedford Rd that comes out by I15.

Interesting rules. Start anywhere, the one with the most Ts wins, in case of a tie the first one to find the Ts wins. Seems the MJN just couldn't wait. He found the Ts the night before, (Friday).


T1 - "Fast" T



View from T1



T7



"Go" T



T8 - "Too Loud" T



T9



T6