[VHFcontesting] grid + topo map for rovers

[Sean Waite]

As a side bonus, you can also get ideas of where to schlep your radios up a
mountain and activate for some SOTA points. We always need more people
doing activations.

Sean WA1TE

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 9:52 AM Jonesy W3DHJ via VHFcontesting <
vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017, Pete K0BAK via VHFcontesting wrote:
>
> >Don't know if this is old news, but I recently stumbled on a SOTA map
> >project that provides a nice tool for rovers and portables. Shows
> >terrain map with optional Maidenhead grid overlay; contour lines appear
> >at the usual zoom levels for Google maps.
> >
> >I pull and zoom the map to my desired area, then go to the "Grids"
> >pulldown menu overlaid on the top edge of the map, and click the
> >"Display grid" checkbox with the "locator grid" radio button checked
> >(by default).
> >
> >http://www.sotamaps.org/index.php
>
> Pretty damn kewl!!  TNX!!
>
> Jonesy
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