[Dx-qsl] Summery: Re:Grid Sq to CQ/ITU zone converter

[Phil Florig]

At 14:19 6/11/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Don't know where else to ask this, so pse excuse the bandwidth.
>
>Looking for a software or url for a program to convert
>grid square/log-lat to CQ/ITU zone.
>
>For example:
>
>4K1D is Antarctica and no zones are indicated.
>Qth is shown as 70-46S  11-51E
>This converts to JB59WF
>Now I need the zones.
>
>I did find going to the link:
>http://www.cq-amateur-radio.com/wazlist.html
>that 4K1D is zone 36.
>
>However I couldn't find R3RRC/ANT at grid EB90MA.

Hi agn,

Appreciate the comments and suggestions on the subject inquiry.

I received in part the following:
 >
Hello, Phil.
4K1D is Novolazarevskaya base. WAZ zone is 38 (not 36), ITU zone is 67.
This was a club callsign of the base and now new call is R1AND.
For R3RRC/ant (Patriot Hills base) WAZ zone is 12.

73 de Constantin Semyonov, UA1AKE.
inform@spbtv.spb.su
ua1ake@spbtv.ru
http://www.qsl.net/ua1ake
 >
         Tnx Constantin for this information.  I have added it to my log.
 >
Did you try DX Atlas??
It's on http://www.dxatlas.com

Best 73's
Jan PA9JJ
pa9jj@amsat.org
 >
         Tnx Jan for this info.  I downloaded this and does indicate the
         zones quite well on the map.  Good example is the R3RRC/ant card
         with a location of 80S 81W, shows the zone 12 nice however is
         hard to tell the ITU zone.  No big deal for what I am doing.
 >
DXView will do that. If you enter a gridsquare or latitude/longitude, it
will plot the location on a world map that optionally displays CQ zone
boundaries, or ITU zone boundaries. DXView is free, and available via
www.qsl.net/dxview .
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
 >
         Tnx Dave and have tried this.  It has a lot there but does not do the
         conversion only from grid square/locator to zones.   If you don't 
put a
         call in and just enter the grid square it won't come up with the 
zones.

I thought there was a program or section of a program to compute this since
all are based on co-ordinates.

Tnx agn guys as your time is appreciated and will keep you posted on any 
further results.

73     Phil



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