[UK-CONTEST] HF Contests Committee. UK District Areas

[G3VDB (Jim)]

Thanks Peter,

The missing factoid in my use of the Contests site 

http://www.vhfcc.org/hfcc/information/districtcodes.shtml 

was that these are the PostCode Towns in the start of Postcodes, not some
random list invented by the RSGB. 

The term Postcode Town does not appear there and the term "UK District" did
not immediately convey that information to me; lack of recent familiarity
with the UK Postcode structure meant I did not spot the connection.

Now that that penny (black) has dropped, your explanation makes a lot of
sense.

Regards and thanks

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:uk-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Peter Bowyer
Sent: 05 June 2009 10:52
To: uk-contest at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] HF Contests Committee. UK District Areas


On 05/06/2009, G3VDB (Jim) <jimevans at g3vdb.com> wrote:
> How do you decide which UK District Area a station is located in,
> particularly if the station is portable?

Well generally it's pretty obvious (look up postcode of nearest town),
but if you need more precision, try streetmap.co.uk or nearby.org.uk
for lots of coordinate conversions (including QTH Locator or NGR to
postcode)

Peter G4MJS

-- 
Peter Bowyer
Email: peter at bowyer.org
Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/peeebeee
_______________________________________________
UK-Contest mailing list
UK-Contest at contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/uk-contest