We’ve seen [Todd Harrison]’s work a few times before, but he’s never involved his child so throughly before. This past Easter, he thought it would be a good idea for his child and a few of his friends to take part in an easter egg hunt. Being the ham he is, he chose to turn an easter egg hunt into an adventure in radio direction finding, or as amateur radio operators call it, a fox hunt.

[Todd] put together a great tutorial on building a yagi – a easy directional antenna – out of a couple of pieces of PVC pipe and a few aluminum and brass rods. With this and a handheld ham set, [Todd] hid a fox along with a stuffed easter bunny and a basket of candy near a local park. operating under the assistance of his dad, [Todd]’s child and his friends were eventually able to find the fox. Leaving candy out in the Arizona sun probably wasn’t [Todd]’s best idea – the fox, and candy, were covered in ants when they were found – but it was a great introduction to amateur radio.