Great point, and one that needs repeating! The QRZ grid info is automatically generated from, apparently, your stations's zip code (or town name?). In most cases, there are several "small grids" within each, so there is a good chance that the grid reported in QRZ is wrong unless people have calculated it themselves and changed the info. I imagine that there are many people out there that are reporting their own grids (over the air) that they just grabbed from QRZ.COM without confirming them, so you can't even be sure if what they send is correct!
Since QRZ.COM is now the defacto reference for such things, everyone should make it a point to go there and update their info. Personally, I think that the grid square info on QRZ should default to blank and only report a grid square if we add it manually. If you can't depend on the accuracy of the data, why have it there at all?? Sorry, that's the scientist in me talking! Greg KT0K -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 3:03 AM To: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Subject: Dx4win Digest, Vol 31, Issue 27 Send Dx4win mailing list submissions to dx4win@mailman.qth.net To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Dx4win digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Programatically inserting County into DX4WIN files (Alan Zack) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:03:14 -0800 From: Alan Zack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Dx4win] Programatically inserting County into DX4WIN files To: Lee Hallin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: dx4win@mailman.qth.net Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed DX4WIN does this automatically for me using data from QRZ.com. When I log a USA station DX4WIN automatically goes to QRZ.com and looks up the station info for me and places it in the F3 Window. For example, on Veterans Day I worked some special events stations including K0AIR. As soon as I typed K0AIR into the Callsign window the following info appeared in my F3 window: K0AIR Strategic Air Command Memorial ARC Paul W Schleck P.O.Box 1292 Bellevue, NE 68005 Coord: 95.908W 41.149N Grid: EN21bd County = Sarpy USA If I am pleased with this info I press the UPDATE QSO button in the F3 window and this info is logged. The only time I have discovered a problem is in the CQP where people leave their home QTH and activate a county other than their home county. As noted, there is no guarantee that the QRZ.COM info is 100 percent correct as to county and grid info. As for myself, I did change my grid from the one assigned to my PO Box QRZ.COM address to the actual grid down the road from my PO Box to my actual street address.
