[UK-CONTEST] CQ Calls - a plea

[Darrell G0HVQ]

But surely that's the beauty of squares...you don't need to *know* anything, 
yiu can work it out from the info given e.g. if you're in IO82 and you hear 
somone calling from IO85 or IO86, you know to beam north; likewise if 
they're in IO80, you beam south (the last bit of the locator isn't going to 
make that much difference unless you have a very big, sharp beam).

How many cities, towns and villages in the UK? I wouldn't have a clue where 
99% of them are.

73
Darrell



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Eastty" <ken.g3lvp at btinternet.com>
To: "Ray James" <gm4cxm at yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] CQ Calls - a plea


> Thanks Ray,
>
> Even after all this time (how long?) I can find Scares on the map but
> have no idea what the locator might be for the Mull of Kintyre.
>
> As for remembering  the locator/beam heading of every one you work on
> V/UHF as someone suggested
> sounds like something that only a candidate for Master Mind might do!
>
> 73...
>
> Ken
>
> G3LVP
>
> On 10/07/2011 09:49, Ray James wrote:
>>
>> --- On Tue, 5/7/11, Ken Eastty<ken.g3lvp at btinternet.com>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I miss the days when the actual location was required as
>>> part of the
>>> exchange, that could be a real challenge with some groups
>>> being really
>>> inventive with their location  (15km W of Scares -
>>> Where the .... that?)
>>
>> A look at the VHF Contesting page at www.qsl.net/gm4cxm may give you a 
>> clue Ken.
>> Chris will no doubt correct me if I'm wrong but I believe we were asked 
>> to change that particular one!
>>
>> 73 Ray GM4CXM
>>
>>
>
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