[nrv-hams] Get 'Dem GRIDS! - CQ World Wide VHF Contest next weekend!

Russell - Russ Abbey russ.abbey at gmail.com
Tue Jul 12 11:24:49 EDT 2022 

Thanks to both of you, and I'll tell you what has been found.  My normal
grid square is EM97ua, but I wanted to go beyond that to the next 2
letters/numbers and found that if you go to the SOTA Tracks here
<https://www.sotamaps.org/tracks>, you can play to your heart's content and
be able to go out to the requested 6+2 that I wanted.  By the way, unless
you have a very very fine pencil you can't track out to 10 digits as it is
way too small of an area to be able to plot it.  The 10 digit is what is
used for the military, nothing to do with us normally unless it's needed to
find your way out of the woods. :)   But reality is 10 digits are just too
small for what we have or do.  Most of the SOTA and Parks only go out to
the first 6 letter/number combos.
73
Russ, N4MAV

On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 9:41 PM Lance Sheppard <ko4mwd at gmail.com> wrote:

> It was attachments of screenshots I just emailed them directly to Russ.
>
> Thanks Cam!
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 8:51 PM Cam Coble <cam at doubleclickdata.com> wrote:
>
> > To my knowledge the only thing blocked are attachments, not links.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 7:24 PM Russell - Russ Abbey <
> russ.abbey at gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Lance, but I didn't receive any of those links.  I think they
> are
> > > allowed?  Cam, help us out here.  :)  Of course you could also email me
> > > those links to n4mav1 at gmail.com if you wanted.  Yes, the bots have a
> > field
> > > day with those names and email addresses it seems, but I've never
> > > been hacked or anything.  Of course with the amount of protections I
> have
> > > on here and the network, I doubt we could be.  But, I've been wrong
> > before
> > > this so we'll see.  Oh, and we have other protections here as well.
> > > Between my computer and Chris' (Wife) and Gwyn's (Daughter) computers
> it
> > is
> > > hard for us to get in sometimes.  But, Scott KG4SPF (My Son) has more
> > stuff
> > > on here he wanted to install on all of our computers here, so we let
> him.
> > > With him in Virginia Beach, it's a little bit hard for him to check on
> us
> > > all of the time, but he tries. :)  He also installed a neat program,
> not
> > > hacked up like I've seen prior to this thankfully.  I won't use a
> hacked
> > > program, the programmers work hard to put their product out and I don't
> > > want them to be broke all of the time. :)
> > > 73
> > > Russ, N4MAV
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 3:06 PM Lance Sheppard <ko4mwd at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey Russ, I've attached some screen show where on QRZ you cN find the
> > > grid
> > > > map with all the information of lat. Long. And number of hams in the
> > > grid
> > > > square. I'm in em97sb.
> > > > Lance KO4MWD
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022, 12:51 PM Russell - Russ Abbey <
> > > russ.abbey at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Cam,
> > > > > I know my 6 letter/number grid square, I think Lance was referring
> to
> > > the
> > > > > quarters assigned in his grid?  I am not 100% on that, but I know
> > there
> > > > has
> > > > > to be an entire site for this somewhere.  Just don't know where?  I
> > do
> > > > know
> > > > > my 6 grid though, EM97ua here so what is everyone else's? :)  :To
> be
> > > > > continued for certain!
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 10:30 AM Cam Coble <
> cam at doubleclickdata.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > To find your grid square, you can use a variety of tools.
> > > > > > If you have QRZ, it will show you your grid square under the
> detail
> > > > > section
> > > > > > of your page.
> > > > > > You can also go to
> > https://www.levinecentral.com/ham/grid_square.php
> > > > to
> > > > > > map
> > > > > > locations or call signs.
> > > > > > When mobile, I use an app on my phone called HamLog that has
> tools
> > > for
> > > > > > calculating or displaying current grid squares.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > That Yaesu FT-847 is on my short list for Satellite work if I can
> > > ever
> > > > > get
> > > > > > enough funding/time to set all that up! I have a project on the
> > back
> > > > > burner
> > > > > > for an Arduino ran rotator that will follow satellites. Maybe I
> can
> > > get
> > > > > to
> > > > > > it this winter.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hope that helps!
> > > > > > 73
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Cam, W4XXV
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 10:11 AM Russell - Russ Abbey <
> > > > > > russ.abbey at gmail.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hay Lance and Cam, I could never find the sub squares on Google
> > for
> > > > > some
> > > > > > > reason.  Of course Yaesu was still making the FT-847 back then
> > > also.
> > > > > :>)
> > > > > > > So that was in 2008 they stopped making the 847, so I haven't
> > done
> > > it
> > > > > > > since I bought my 847 after that.  I'll give it a try today to
> > see
> > > if
> > > > > it
> > > > > > > comes up?
> > > > > > > 73
> > > > > > > Russ, N4MAV
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2022 at 8:37 PM Lance Sheppard <
> ko4mwd at gmail.com
> > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Oh ok. It would be fun to do a VHF contest with sub-squares!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2022, 8:21 PM Cam Coble <
> > cam at doubleclickdata.com
> > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > The first 4 characters of the grid square are the exchange.
> > > Those
> > > > > are
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > > > ones that count.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > Cam, W4XXV
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2022, 3:58 PM Lance Sheppard <
> > ko4mwd at gmail.com
> > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Will  grid squares be counted or will sub-squares be the
> > main
> > > > > > focus?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jul 9, 2022, 9:03 PM Cam Coble <
> > > > cam at doubleclickdata.com>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > The CQ World Wide VHF Contest is coming up next
> weekend,
> > > > > starting
> > > > > > > at
> > > > > > > > > 2pm
> > > > > > > > > > > EST on Saturday, July 16 and running through 5pm EST on
> > > > Sunday,
> > > > > > > July
> > > > > > > > > 17.
> > > > > > > > > > > What do you need?
> > > > > > > > > > > 2m or 6m capabilities.
> > > > > > > > > > > That's right! Technicians can't complain they have
> > nothing
> > > to
> > > > > do!
> > > > > > > > > > > So, how to get started?
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Rules: https://www.cqww-vhf.com/
> > > > > > > > > > > Logging Software: https://n3fjp.com/vhfuhf.html (free
> > for
> > > > 1st
> > > > > 30
> > > > > > > > > > contacts)
> > > > > > > > > > > Log Sheet:
> > > > > > > > http://www.e21eic.net/cqvhf/doc_files/2011CQVHFlogsheet.pdf
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Here's an OK video covering lots of aspects of VHF
> > > > contesting.
> > > > > > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6BxrdjNY_k
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > 73!
> > > > > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > > > > Cam, W4XXV
> > > > > > > > > > >
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