[Ham-Mac] Re: Where is Grid Square Numbeer _____

[Tom Haddon]

on 10/13/03 1:45 PM, David Anderson GM4JJJ at david@gm4jjj.co.uk wrote:

> on 13/10/03 6:18 pm, James Wagner at jim_d_wagner@applelinks.net wrote:
> 
>> The same is true, to some degree, using any reverse lookup
>> of gridsquare locations. The gridsquare really describes a
>> "rectangle" on the surface of the earth. In lots of places,
>> even a 6-character gridsquare could cover parts of several
>> countries, let alone cities.
> 
> 6 Char Grid Locators will narrow it down to about 3Km. How many countries do
> you normally find in 3km?
> 
> The station Prefix gives you the country...
> 
> 73
> 
> 
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________________
> David Anderson GM4JJJ     david@gm4jjj.co.uk      http://www.gm4jjj.co.uk
> 

Hello David,

What is really needed is a bearing/distance calculator.  I just finished
logging 21 contacts on our 10 GHz contest which requires distance in km for
point scoring.  Perhaps I will develop an Excel macro...

73,
Tom Haddon K5VH
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