Tom, KE6VCR, and Joe, KE6PHB, hunt odyssey:

We experienced car problems just as we attempted to leave San Diego at 6:00 AM enroute to the start point.  We opted to investigate the source an intermittent coolant leak before hitting the road.  After some time under the hood yielded no solid clues to the source or remedy for the leak, we talked each other into taking a risk and proceeding with our hunting plans.  Because of these delays, we skipped the traditional breakfast and headed directly to the start location and planned to make repairs and eat breakfast during the course of the hunt.  We logged in our mileage and headed on our initial signal bearing that appeared to be coming from Big Bear.
We headed east in 91 with a couple of stops for breakfast and the installation of a heater hose bypass repair kit.  An additional bearing check at Green River confirmed that the signal was still to the east.  Since our bearing, so far, were along the same centerline, we had no indications of how far away the main T was from that location.  After some discussions about alternative routes to Big Bear (an possibly areas beyond) we decided to take the southerly route using 10.
To this point, all bearing reading were consistent and encouraged us to continue east.  Just passed Banning our reading started to swing to the north as if the transmitter was, in fact, in Big Bear.  To confirm our suspicions, we headed up route 62 through Yucca Valley to have a vantage from the east side of Big Bear.   While in that valley region, we got bearing to Big Bear and also in the direction of 29 Palms Marine Corp Training Center.  After a brief side trip to the southwest corner of 29 Palms (Landers) we headed to Big Bear by way of Lucerne Valley (route 247 and 18).  We stopped at Joe’s Café in Lucerne for an evening repast.   Just before reaching the lake, we had a very strong signal (needed 50 DB attenuation), which lead us to take a very long and squirrelly truck trail to the northeast from route 18.  After a half hour ride (some of it in 4 wheel drive) the road fizzled, and we decided that the main T was, in fact, much further northeast from there.  Passing through Lucerne Valley on our way to route 40, we decided to settle down for the night in Ludlow.  Our accommodating were first class, as you would expect when you pay in advance and pick up your room key from the AM-PM mini-mart across the street.
The price for gas in Ludlow was very high, so the next morning found us heading east on 40 looking for a gas station with reasonable prices.  The stretch of highway between Ludlow and Needles has very few stations except for Fenner.  Unfortunately, the gas price, $2.20/gal, was even higher that the prices back at Ludlow.  We took some more bearings and headed to the Providence Mtn. State Nation Park.  We followed our bearing into the campground area and observed a collection of radios and a loop antenna a one campsite occupied by a high school teacher recording natural radio emissions as a science experiment.  Since there was not sign-in sheet we proceeded on.
Since we entered the area from the south, we found one of the smaller T’s in the campground first (about 10:00AM Sunday) and then proceeded north into the New York Mountain Range (just east of Cima) to locate the remaining four T’s.  The main transmitter was found next collocated on a peak where a microwave tower was located and appeared to have a great propagation path in the direction back to the start point.
T3 and T4 were located on a power line service road.  One of those transmitters was a small micro unit mounted on an overhanging branch of a yucca tree.  While the transmitter presented a challenge to sniff out since it was not on the ground as expected, the sign in sheet was cleverly hidden under a dried pile of cow excrement at the base of the tree.
Our path to the last transmitter we found was a very poorly maintained dirt road with several “gotcha” washouts along the way.  After finding the transmitter at the end of this road, we met up with Doug and son who directed us back to a paved road via a well-maintained and shorter dirt road serving a gold mine in that area.
At 3:30 that afternoon, we had found 5 of the 6 transmitters that Doug had placed for the hunt.  We arranged to meet with RJN at Patty Sue’s restaurant on I-15 to discuss our hunting experiences.  After dinner and on our way back to San Diego, we monitored and attempted to locate the 6th transmitter, which was located between Baker and Barstow.  Unfortunately, the weekend traffic returning from Las Vegas was so heavy that we were prevented us from exiting the freeway when the rapid bearing swing occurred.
We got back home in San Diego at 9:30 PM Sunday evening bagging 5 of the 6 transmitters with a mere 870 miles round trip that weekend.  This was the first hunt in which we never saw or heard from any of the participating teams during the entire hunt;  very unusual.  We enjoyed the hunt and thank Doug for his efforts in hosting a challenging hunt.