Re: [Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

Another great tool to determine a locator or the distance between 2 locators is: http://qthlocator.free.fr by F6FVY It uses google maps. Just enter a known locator or click on a known location (e.g. your house) and voila. Maybe it is one of the fathers of that sort of tools. I've

Re: [Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

We're slipping past the max OT posting limit on this one. Let's let the topic rest in the interest of reducing email overload for our other readers. 73, Eric Moderator elecraft.com _..._ > __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

On 08/03/2017 12:03 PM, w7aqk wrote: Jim and All, Back in the late 50's, a few of us living in Albuquerque drove up to the 4 corners monument northwest of Farmington, NM. It's the only place in the U.S. where four states come to one common point. We set our antenna right on top of the

Re: [Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

Sort of like NIST saying WWV is on exactly 10 MHz. It is, because they say so. I live a few hundred meters from a national park and receive mail sometimes addressed to "Park Neighbor." I have dealt with park rangers and administrators for a quarter century. Many of them get quite perturbed

Re: [Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

Jim and All, Back in the late 50's, a few of us living in Albuquerque drove up to the 4 corners monument northwest of Farmington, NM. It's the only place in the U.S. where four states come to one common point. We set our antenna right on top of the monument, so we were in 4 states at the

Re: [Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

On 8/2/2017 11:41 AM, EUGENE GABRY wrote: The bottom line is, copy what is sent/you hear. Of course. But this discussion is, I believe, about finding grids for QSOs when the grid was not exchanged on the air. I ran into that with nearly all QSOs I submitted for the CQ Field award, because I

Re: [Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

I know of one ham who has a tower in one grid square and another tower in a different grid square, both in his back yard. Be careful out there! 73 Jim Allen W6OGC Sent from my iPad __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

A third excellent tool for determining grid square is the tool at http://www.levinecentral.com/ham/grid_square.php 73, ... Joe, W4TV On 8/2/2017 1:49 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 8/2/2017 10:21 AM, Fred Jensen wrote: I think you have to get the grid from the station during the QSO, if grid

Re: [Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

> > On August 2, 2017 at 12:49 PM Jim Brown > wrote: > > On 8/2/2017 10:21 AM, Fred Jensen wrote: > > > > > > I think you have to get the grid from the station during the QSO, if > > grid matters. > > > > > > The bottom

Re: [Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

On 8/2/2017 10:21 AM, Fred Jensen wrote: I think you have to get the grid from the station during the QSO, if grid matters. Or from the QSL or LOTW. Grids mostly matter on VHF, and nearly universal practice is for the grid to be part of the first "over" in every QSO, regardless of mode. All

Re: [Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

Multiple ramifications here.  Unless the ham has specifically entered his station coordinates, the coordinates in QRZ, and thus the grid, will usually default to the Post Office that services his ZIP code.  It is "usually" because even that doesn't always happen in very small communities.  And

Re: [Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

The other issue that I run into a LOT is with folks who are either on vacation, traveling, or have moved and simply have not updated their records. They send one grid square on WSJT-X and yet QRZ has something completely different. My grid is CM98, but operating on vacation in April as

[Elecraft] OT: About Grid Squares

Many of us use QRZ.com listings to determine the grid square for a given station. Use caution ... QRZ apparently uses the address location to determine the grid square that the website shows.. There are numerous situations where the address is a P.O. box that is -not- in the station's actual