[Elecraft] Grid square / QRZ.com caution

[Bill W5WVO]

Grid squares on QRZ.com (unless corrected by the individual user) are computed 
on the basis of your ZIP code. You should regard them as approximations only, 
and go into QRZ and correct your long/lat coordinates as Ken did.

Bill W5WVO


Ken Kopp wrote:
> Hi Cleve,
>
> It -may- be EM12ox -but- since your QRZ address is a
> PO box it's likely computed to somewhere -other- than
> your actual location.  It would be a rare case where the
> last two"digits" would be of importance for the sake of
> the VUCC award.
>
> I've found that many QRZ.com grids are not correct, and
> often are off by miles!  I took my LAT and LONG from the
> GPS in the car parked in the driveway and then corrected
> them on QRZ.  Now the QRZ map literally points to the car
> in the driveway. (:-))
>
> 73! Ken
>     ElecraftCovers at rfwave.net
>     http://tinyurl.com/7lm3m5
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