Put this in the search engine. It shows you the best route choice between those two corners along with the milage 29 -96 to 29 -98 -- Mike Urich, KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com ____________________________
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 21:10:44 -0700 (PDT)
Great suggestion, Mike! I did that with the N6ZZ log and found that google thinks it takes a lot longer to move from one grid-circling intersection to another than it took N6ZZ to do it. Man, those
74.6 mi (about 2 hours 5 mins) I do not know what factors they use to come up with that time but almost this entire trip would be on roads that have a speed limit of at least 60 mph and most of it mi
Author: Radiosporting Fan <radiosporting@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 05:16:58 -0700 (PDT)
<snip> It was the last travel-segment of their event, at the end of the contest for N6ZZ/r. Their last logged QSO was at 2354z. Their first logged QSO in the next circle-point took place at 0130z. T
Yeah, google and mapquest both have poor travel time estimators. I don't know how they actually come up with the estimated time. -- Mike Urich, KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com ______________________________
George is absolutely right. As a matter of fact, the posted speed limit on most of the roads in that area is 75! The roads are great and there is virtually no traffic. When all you do is stop for gas