Topband: How to find your Grid square for use in Stew Perrycontest

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

I am an active 6m op....the EU's usually ask me for my "LOC" (short for 
"Locator") so if they don't know what "GS" is, try
"LOC" (or I sometimes use "GRID")

CU later on tonight. . . .73 de Mike VE9AA LOC=?? OOPS, you'll have to read 
it on air later, didididit didit

Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
NB
Canada
E6L 1T1
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Herbert Schoenbohm
  To: Henk Remijn PA5KT
  Cc: topband at contesting.com ; CQ-Contest
  Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 3:22 PM
  Subject: Re: Topband: How to find your Grid square for use in Stew 
Perrycontest


  Thanks Henk,


  I have used Ham Grid and found that F6FVY (Google Earth) is right and
  gives me FK77QR but Ham Grid is way off for the exact same coordinates
  and yields FK87HR.  So I am going with F6FVY.  BTW WinGrid by W4SM is
  correct and much faster than rolling the map on Google Earth F6FVY until
  you find your location.

  Some ops have suggested a grid square .dat for SP contest programs. I
  sure would reduce the busted QSO's but would also IMHO ruin the spirit
  of the Stew.  Some, so I am told, have already converted N1MM Call sign
  check files to Grid Squares but have them for their own use but playing
  their trump cards close to their chest when they need it.  Sometimes for
  a long distance contact have spent 20 minutes trying to dig out the
  correct GS exchange. And in cases of some SA stations they don't have
  the foggiest of what I am talking about when I asked them over and over
  and over for their GS or Grid ??? They respond with a RST and their CQ 
Zone.

  Thanks again for the suggestion.

  Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ



  Henk Remijn PA5KT wrote:
  > For those who dont know their gridsquare:
  >
  > Try this website:
  > http://f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/fullScreen.php
  > Zoom in to your location and click on it, it will display a pop up with 
the locator.
  >
  > See you in the contest.
  >
  > 73 Henk PA5KT
  >
  >
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