Photos of the 2015 USA and IARU-R2 ARDF Championships

by Joe Moell KØOV, unless otherwise credited

Page 7 of 8

Jack Ciaccia WMØG, the Section Manager for the state of Colorado, gave a welcome from the American Radio Relay League.

Marvin Johnston KE6HTS received praise and thanks for organizing and designing all of the training and competition courses.

Meet Director Brian Coleman thanked everyone for their enthusiastic participation and fair play.  He then awarded medals for foxoring, sprint and two-meter classic competitions.

Bronze medal winners for foxoring were (left to right) Weiyan Guan (M13), Wenbin Lin (M16), Xuebin Zhu (M21), Kenneth Harker WM5R (M40), Michael Minium (M50), Michael Schuh KF7QDZ (M50), Ziyu Huang (W13) and Jiayong Wang (W16).

Showing their bronze medals for the two-meter classic run were (left to right) Yanchen Liu (M13), Langqing He (M16), Jianchi Zhan (M19), Xiaoyang Chen (M21), Evgheniy Vorsin (M40), Brian DeYoung K4BRI (M50), Richard Arnett WB4SUV (M60), Yeming Luo (W13) and Yinlin Chen (W16).

Following a long-established tradition, Brian Coleman presented a championship medal to Ardee Fox, the USA ARDF mascot.

Zhen Shuya BD6NX of the Tianxun Radio Research Institute of China was a visitor to the championships.  He received a certificate of thanks for providing 80-meter transmitters for the sprint event.

On Sunday morning, it was back to the camp headquarters, but a half-hour earlier.  The Chinese students received last-minute advice from Coach Hai Huang.

The starting point was back at the lake again, but the map was of the north part of the ranch instead of the south.

Impound of the 80-meter receivers and map boards.

Dean Mertz KØMKT (at left) was in charge of the map table.

Preparing their maps are Zhikai Lu, Xun Liang and Qiaojian Yie.  (Photo by Dean Mertz KØMKT)

At the starting line, competitors carefully studied the map, memorizing as much of it as possible to save time on the course.  (Photo by Dean Mertz KØMKT)

Volunteer Paul Veal NØAH (at left) supervises the starting line as members of starting group 4 await and study their maps:  Norbert Linke (M21), Matthew Robbins (M40), Huang Yuyin (W16), Zhou Bangjie (M19) and Chen Junjie (M16).  Behind them is Group 5 at the map table and Group 6 being assembled.

Xiaoyang Chen, followed by Weiwei Xu.

Bob Cutter KIØG of Glenwood Springs, Colorado sets out with his 80-meter receiver on top of his map clipboard.