[Ham-Mac] RE: Grid Square Locator

w0ftx [email protected]
Mon, 13 Oct 2003 11:28:59 -0500


R 20031013-1613Z

13 October 2003

AA5VU

If you have a GPS you can set the Navigation system for Maidenhead Grid,
type in JN79hs as a waypoint, change the Navigation system back to whatever
you are comfortable with (say DD MM SS.s), and read the result at
N 49 45 00.0  E014 35 00.0. Then you could type this into mapquest
(http://www.mapquest.com/maps/latlong.adp), and find that it is in the
Czech Republic. (And that it is 4605 miles on a bearing of 040 from my
current location. The bearing and distance might help if you want to try to
reestablish communications with this station.)

That is a very cool contact.

Ross DeMeyere, w0ftx
mailto:[email protected]
http://w0ftx.com/

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