[WIham] What Does "Grid Square" Mean on V/UHF?

[Todd Sprinkmann]

  **Just occurred to me that many of you may have never seen 
a Grid Square Map.**   Since I'm prone to a thousand words, 
here's a picture:   :)  
http://www.oema.us/files/Amateur_Radio_US_Grid_Square_Map.pdf   
     This grid square map is more printer-friendly:
http://www.newsvhf.com/grid-na.gif

     Suffice it to say that for weak-signal VHF/UHF hams, grids 
are the way we keep track of things.  A Google search of "grid 
squares", "grid square maps" or "Maidenhead Grid Squares" will 
yield additional info.   

     If you work and confirm 100 or more of these grid squares 
over time, ARRL has a nice award called VUCC.   VUCC can 
be done in a season or two of sporadic E skip on 6m.   It's a 
bigger challenge on 2m.    VUCC is also awarded on higher 
bands such as 222, 432, 902, 1296, 2304, 3456, 5760 MHz 
and 10 GHz -- don't need 100 grids, either.    Check the ARRL 
website for VUCC if you need info above 144 MHz.   

     73,
     Todd   KC9BQA    EN63ao    40 N of Milwaukee
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