Re: [Elecraft] Maidenhead site...
You can also get Lat/Long from Google Earth, which is fairly accurate these days in the areas where they have high resolution photography. Bob K4ERR Bill W5WVO wrote: The only way to know where you really are with perfect accuracy is to get a correct Lat/Long coordinate set and convert this to Maidenhead. GPS receivers can be set to read out directly in six-character Maidenhead, so if you have a GPS, use that to determine your correct grid locator directly. QRZ and other sites typically use the location of your zip code to compute your grid locator, as this data is readily available from the USPS. While this will almost always produce a correct grid square to four characters (not six), it often fails even four characters when a station is near the grid boundary. Bill W5WVO - Original Message - From: "Leigh L. Klotz, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Maidenhead site... According to QRZ.com you're in DN06ih (http://www.qrz.com/detail/KK7SS) Leigh/WA5ZNU Dave G. wrote: According to f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/ I'm in DN06ih According to other sites/locator programs (e.g. several satellite programs) I'm in DN06ig ~1/2 mile difference !! -- Dave G. KK7SS '65 MK III Sprite in Richland, WA "Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." Terry Pratchett, 'Hogfather' ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Maidenhead site...
The only way to know where you really are with perfect accuracy is to get a correct Lat/Long coordinate set and convert this to Maidenhead. GPS receivers can be set to read out directly in six-character Maidenhead, so if you have a GPS, use that to determine your correct grid locator directly. QRZ and other sites typically use the location of your zip code to compute your grid locator, as this data is readily available from the USPS. While this will almost always produce a correct grid square to four characters (not six), it often fails even four characters when a station is near the grid boundary. Bill W5WVO - Original Message - From: "Leigh L. Klotz, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Maidenhead site... > According to QRZ.com you're in DN06ih (http://www.qrz.com/detail/KK7SS) > > Leigh/WA5ZNU > > Dave G. wrote: > > According to f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/ I'm in DN06ih > > According to other sites/locator programs (e.g. several satellite programs) > > I'm in DN06ig > > ~1/2 mile difference !! > > > > -- > > Dave G. KK7SS > > '65 MK III Sprite in Richland, WA > > "Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." > > Terry Pratchett, 'Hogfather' > > > > > ___ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Maidenhead site...
HI Leigh, It's ony correct now, because I edited it immediatley I found out that it was wrong ;-)) On 11 Jul 2008 at 18:41, Leigh L. Klotz, Jr. wrote: >> According to QRZ.com you're in DN06ih >> (http://www.qrz.com/detail/KK7SS) -- Dave G. KK7SS '65 MK III Sprite in Richland, WA "Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." Terry Pratchett, 'Hogfather' ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Maidenhead site...
According to QRZ.com you're in DN06ih (http://www.qrz.com/detail/KK7SS) Leigh/WA5ZNU Dave G. wrote: According to f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/ I'm in DN06ih According to other sites/locator programs (e.g. several satellite programs) I'm in DN06ig ~1/2 mile difference !! -- Dave G. KK7SS '65 MK III Sprite in Richland, WA "Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." Terry Pratchett, 'Hogfather' ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Maidenhead site...
Example, I am in FM06, but my mailing address places me in FM05. 73, Don W3FPR Tom Childers, N5GE wrote: On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:28:50 -0700, "Dave G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: According to f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/ I'm in DN06ih According to other sites/locator programs (e.g. several satellite programs) I'm in DN06ig ~1/2 mile difference !! Some of them may be using your zip code from QRZ. That's how QRZ calculates your Grid Square and most of them get it from there. Go to this URL and read how you can make your correct grid square show up on QRZ: http://www.qrz.com/i/coordinates.html ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Maidenhead site...
Tom, Thank you for the information... I have updated my square on qrz.com. Now, having shaken my faith in the available automated data, I'm going to have to visit a GIS site to verify my exact Lat/Long... ;^}} Dave G. On 11 Jul 2008 at 19:12, Tom Childers, N5GE wrote: >> Go to this URL and read how you can make your correct grid square show >> up on QRZ: http://www.qrz.com/i/coordinates.html -- Dave G. KK7SS '65 MK III Sprite in Richland, WA "Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." Terry Pratchett, 'Hogfather' ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
Re: [Elecraft] Maidenhead site...
On Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:28:50 -0700, "Dave G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >According to f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/ I'm in DN06ih >According to other sites/locator programs (e.g. several satellite programs) >I'm in DN06ig >~1/2 mile difference !! Some of them may be using your zip code from QRZ. That's how QRZ calculates your Grid Square and most of them get it from there. Go to this URL and read how you can make your correct grid square show up on QRZ: http://www.qrz.com/i/coordinates.html Tom, N5GE - SWOT 3537 - Grid EM12jq "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety" An excerpt from a letter written in 1755 from the Assembly to the Governor of Pennsylvania. Support the entire Constitution, not just the parts you like. http://www.n5ge.com http://www.eQSL.cc/Member.cfm?N5GE ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
[Elecraft] Maidenhead site...
According to f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/ I'm in DN06ih According to other sites/locator programs (e.g. several satellite programs) I'm in DN06ig ~1/2 mile difference !! -- Dave G. KK7SS '65 MK III Sprite in Richland, WA "Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." Terry Pratchett, 'Hogfather' ___ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
