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Event · part of 8(D). Option D: Amateur Radio Direction Finding

8(D)(4). Take part in a fox hunt

Optional May not apply Often forgotten

This may not apply to you. You have not answered "Requirement 8: which ONE of the five options?" yet. Answer it and this step will either settle or drop off.

Using your own antenna, with a receiver provided. Somebody else has to be running a hunt and lending the receiver. Check that before choosing this option.

Note. The receiver is provided; the antenna is the one you built. That split is stated by the requirement, so you are not expected to own direction-finding gear: only to make the antenna.

Where this step comes from

  1. Radio Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-12-31), Requirement 8(D)(4) · States that the antenna used is your own and that the receiver is provided.

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