[Elecraft] OT: QRZ.com "locations" caution

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> Butte, MT is split between two grid squares, and I have a friend
> who's P. O. Box address ... and QRZ info ... is in a different grid
> square from where he lives and operates.

Not only that - the centroid of a zip code can be in a completely
different grid than a large portion of the population.  You'll
get close with the zip code but it will not be 100% reliable.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 7/3/2013 8:12 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote:
> Someone wrote; " It is very simple to check the callsign on qrz.com and see
> the qth."
>
> This simply isn't true .... be careful!
>
> Unless corrected by the licensee, the QRZ listing and everything about
> it depends on the FCC-supplied data.  If the "address of record" is a
> P. O. Box, the location will depend solely on that information.  This
> includes the grid square, county and in some cases is many miles
> the licensee's actual location.
>
> Butte, MT is split between two grid squares, and I have a friend who's
> P. O. Box address ... and QRZ info ... is in a different grid square from
> where he lives and operates.
>
> A case in point ... I'm the trustee of our club's call (W7VNE).  As far
> as anyone can recall it's -never- been on the air from it's QRZ location
> -or- even county!  Yet, it's been used in FD for over 40 years, but in a
> different (and somewhat rare) county.
>
> Things aren't always how they appear ...
>
> 73!
>
> Ken Kopp - K0PP
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