[VHFcontesting] GPS w/ Maiden Head GS

[Nate Duehr]

On Sep 10, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:

> Ted,
>
>    if you have an iPhone, there's at least one free app that uses the
> device's built-in GPS (the one I use is called hamLocator, there are
> probably others) to give you a constantly updating Maidenhead (to ten
> digits of precision, actually - I'm currently at EM10CL41QO...)
>
>     What I'd really like for the iPhone is an app that uses Google  
> Maps to
> both tell you where you were, but also give you a sense of how far  
> it is
> to the next four-digit grid boundary.

There's also "Maidenhead" which was written by a ham's teenage son.   
Worth buying for a buck, just to support the kid.

Not sure if Google Earth for iPhone could do what you're looking for,  
but it is available...

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