{"id":8916,"date":"2024-04-20T06:20:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T00:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=8916"},"modified":"2024-04-20T06:31:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T01:01:59","slug":"what-is-fox-and-hound-mode-in-amateur-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/what-is-fox-and-hound-mode-in-amateur-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Fox and Hound Mode in Amateur Radio?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U73cGtR9VNw?si=aziehyr3Lov-D2s6\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nI have heard of <a href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/amateur-radio-direction-finding-or-fox-hunt\/\">Fox Hunt or Amateur Radio Direction Finding<\/a> long back. But it was only today that I came across Fox and Hound Mode in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/K7AGE\/status\/1781341411444670969\">Twitter (X) post<\/a>, which prompted me to read up and find a nice detailed article by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onallbands.com\/ft8-fox-and-hound-mode\/\">KE8FMJ<\/a>. The mode shown as Fox\/Hound or F\/H and is also known as DXpedition mode, a special operating feature which provides for FT8 contacts at very high rates. In fact, the post which I saw mentioned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/3G0YA\">3G0YA<\/a>, the Easter Island DXpedition which is going on, responded to 10 &#8216;Hounds&#8217; in the same transmission! Calling stations are called &#8216;Hounds&#8221; and DXpedition station is the &#8216;Fox&#8217;. Fox\/Hound mode could allow up to 500 contacts per hour for DXpedition stations under ideal conditions. This is in sharp contrast to usual FT8 contacts which need two minutes for completion. Simple step by step description of how to use the mode has been given by KE8FMJ.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8920\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/What-is-Fox-and-Hound-Mode-in-Amateur-Radio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1201\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/What-is-Fox-and-Hound-Mode-in-Amateur-Radio.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/What-is-Fox-and-Hound-Mode-in-Amateur-Radio-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/What-is-Fox-and-Hound-Mode-in-Amateur-Radio-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/What-is-Fox-and-Hound-Mode-in-Amateur-Radio-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1201px) 100vw, 1201px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have heard of Fox Hunt or Amateur Radio Direction Finding long back. But it was only today that I came across Fox and Hound Mode in a Twitter (X) post, which prompted me to read up and find a nice detailed article by KE8FMJ. The mode shown as Fox\/Hound or F\/H and is also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amateur-radio-ham-radio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is Fox and Hound Mode in Amateur Radio? - Johnson&#039;s Techworld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/what-is-fox-and-hound-mode-in-amateur-radio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is Fox and Hound Mode in Amateur Radio? - Johnson&#039;s Techworld\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have heard of Fox Hunt or Amateur Radio Direction Finding long back. 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