The Minuteman Repeater Association (MMRA) Fox Box will be active somewhere on the convention grounds. Join the fun! Bring your DF gear and find the hidden transmitter.
The MMRA Fox Box be in place sometime Thursday afternoon, then moved on both Friday and Saturday evening around 5:30 PM. It will operate on 145.63 MHz, PL 146.2.
If you find it, be sure to add your call sign to the “mailbox” on the box.
UPDATE 8/21 at 1:30 PM
MMRA FOXBOX DEAD. NOT IN PLACE AT HAMX!
Kevin Paetzold, K1KWP, writes:
I tested it for 3 days a wk ago. When I was about to put it in place and tested it was not transmitting.
Actually the xmit light on the 2AT comes on for about 0.1 seconds and it did make my receivers hear that sometimes.btw: I think there was some flakiness last year when I initially tested it but it went away and continued to work and I decided that I imagined it.
UPDATE 8/21 at 7 PM:
Eliot Mayer, W1MJ, writes:
Per our conversation today, I have programmed the W1MJ fox per https://hamxposition.org/2025/08/17/minuteman-repeater- , 145.63 MHz, PL 146.2. It will be on the air at HamX from approximately 10:00 AM on Saturday until 1:00 PM (at least) on Sunday. It will sleep from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM unless you want me to change that setting.associations-fox-box-deployed- at-2025-hamx/