Today we exercised the foxhounds on a farm in Pepperell. The master laid the drag and the experienced hounds and puppies gave a good account of themselves. We also tested the new radio collars but not on the hounds. The masters hid two in the woods and we searched them out with a small and a larger receiver. To get maximum directionality one needs to keep the gain on the system as low as possible and to scan the receivers slowly from left to right. If the gain is too high one will get a signal in all directions and if one scans too fast the response of the system will occur after the correct direction has been passed. After our trials were over, we had a delicious but distinctly unhealthy breakfast.
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