[VHFcontesting] GPS Receivers and grid squares

Steve Stahl ke7ihg at gmail.com
Wed Feb 18 14:59:18 EST 2015


I'm a etrex user also...works great

Steve  / KE7IHG
On Feb 18, 2015 11:37 AM, "Bill Olson" <callbill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I also have an old Garmin eTrex and I couldn't believe they changed the
> menu for the location formats, BUT apparently THEY HAVE!!!
>
> bill, K1DY
>
> > From: n7ir at cox.net
> > To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
> > Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:34:50 -0700
> > Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] GPS Receivers and grid squares
> >
> > My ancient Garmin etrex has that feature under Setup –> Units -> Position
> > Format; you get many choices including Maidenhead.  I can’t imagine that
> > they’ve changed that menu.  The etrex models are still sold by Garmin.
>  The
> > following page has a list of Garmin models that support the Maidenhead
> grid
> > system and it includes the etrex as of June 2014.  It's cheap too.
> >
> > http://www.n7cfo.com/vhf/gps/~gps.htm
> >
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > Does anyone have a current GPS unit that does Maidenhead locators? Dave
> > K1WHS
> >
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