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

[Robin]

If you know where you are, this little program will do the rest. its an old 
DOS based program, but runs just fine in a modern window ( not tested later 
than XP).  Also can calculate distances just fine.  It does use center of 
grid to center of grid for its distance and bearing assumptions

There are more modern versions around, but this one is so simple and small, 
its worth having.

If you dont know your Lat-Lon to get started, use Google Earth to find 
yourself, it will tell you directly

Robin

Y'all have fun, sorry I cant get on for this one - will be installing a new 
site for our network while you guys are sweating over grids


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Herbert Schoenbohm" <herbs at vitelcom.net>
To: "Henk Remijn PA5KT" <pa5kt at remijn.net>
Cc: <topband at contesting.com>; "CQ-Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 11:22
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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