Amateur Radio Direction
Finding - also known as ARDF or "foxhunting" - is being added as an
option for Boy Scouts working toward the Radio Merit Badge, according to the ARRL Letter. The option reportedly will
combine foxhunting with orienteering.
Other new options being added once the
new Boy Scout requirement pamphlet is published include cell phones and
different types of radio modulation. They will replace requirements dealing
with open, closed and short circuits, as well as components and schematic
diagrams, as they are already included in requirements for the electricity and
electronics badges.
An ARDF course is planned for this summer's National Scout
Jamboree in West Virginia.
