[Ham-Mac] Solution to Maidenhead Grid Square to Map Converter

[David Anderson GM4JJJ]

Hi Richard,
            To make things a little easier for you, I have modified my
iCluster and iClusterX software to call up the map on MapQuest if you enter
the Locator in the program.

Obviously it will only take you to the center of the locator square, but at
least it gets you close to the ballpark.

Icluster downloads at

http://www.gm4jjj.co.uk/iCluster/iCluster.htm

73




on 14/10/03 4:06 pm, Richard Kriss at aa5vu@qsl.net wrote:

> Thanks to several good tips I now have two URL's saved to help me locate
> stations giving their Grid Squares.  For background I worked OK1TJB/P on
> RTTY and wondered if his portable location at JN79HS would be a new country
> for me.  My brain does not register in grid squares or Lat/Log.  I need to
> see a map.   The following online conversion tip could come in very handy
> for finding DX stations, lighthouses, county hunters and field day
> operations. 
> 
> Step 1:. Go to the AMSAT Grid Square Conversion utility at
> 
>  http://www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/gridconvthe
> 
> and enter the JN79HS, then click on the Convert to Lat/Long button, Select
> and copy the numbers.
> 
> Step 2: Go to MapQuest- Maps-Lat/Long at
> 
> http://www.mapquest.com/maps/latlong.adp
> 
> and enter the two numbers  for Lat/Long (49.7708 and 14.625) copied from the
> AMSAT page. This will produce a map to let you know the location.
> 


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David Anderson GM4JJJ     david@gm4jjj.co.uk      http://www.gm4jjj.co.uk