Hi Kevin, Not exactly. No two points can be more than 200km (124 miles apart). It isn't a circle around your QTH with a 124 mile radius, because many points would be more than 124 miles from each other. You could make some QSOs from a point 50 miles east of your QTH, and some other QSOs from a point 65 miles west of your QTH, because those points wouldn't be too far apart-50 + 65 = 115, within the 124 miles limit.
73s John AA5JG On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Kevin Deane <[email protected]> wrote: > > (e) Stations who claim to operate from more than one grid locator > simultaneously (i.e., from the boundary between two > grid locators or from the intersection of four grid locators) must be > physically present in all locators to give multiple > locator credit with a single contact. These stations should be prepared to > validate their claim. For a mobile station, this > means parking the vehicle exactly on the line or corner. For a portable > station, this means that the total area occupied > by the station's physical setup, including operating position(s), power > source(s), and antenna(s), must occupy some > portion of each of the two/four grid squares simultaneously. Operators of > boundary/corner stations should be prepared > to provide evidence of meeting the simultaneous occupation test if called > upon to do so. Two photographs -- one > showing the placement of the GPS receiver in the station setup, and a > close-up legibly showing the GPS reading – > are typically needed as evidence of compliance. Video footage showing an > overview of the operating site and then, > uncut and in real time, zooming in on the GPS display coordinates is even > better > (f) Grid boundary lines and grid corners must be established using a GPS > receiver whose map datum is set to WGS84, the global default for current GPS > receivers. The GPS receiver should be set to use WAAS (Wide Area > Augmentation System) if > so equipped, since this improves the error figure to as little as 5 feet. > In no case may the GPS receiver show an error figure > in excess of 20 feet. Any modern GPS receiver equipped with WAAS will > easily meet this requirement, as will most older > units without WAAS. > 6. For VUCC awards on 50 through 1296 MHz and Satellite, all contacts must > be made from locations no more than 200 km > apart. For SHF awards, contacts must be made from a single location, > defined as within a 300-meter diameter circle. > > > SOOO I still dont see where it says I cannot OBTAIN a grid from down the > street or whatever. The above says I can basicly make contacts 124 miles > from my QTH. Right? > > > Kevin > KF7MYK > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
