[VHFcontesting] grid + topo map for rovers

[Bob K0NR - email list]

For some contests, I've been doing a combination SOTA activation plus 
VHF contest operation.
This is mostly when I don't have all weekend to seriously contest, it 
makes for a fun outing.
Single Op Portable for the contest and a normal SOTA activation.

Examples here:
http://www.k0nr.com/wordpress/2017/01/25/2017-mt-herman-winter-activation/

http://www.k0nr.com/wordpress/2016/01/31/janvhfplussota/

73, Bob K0NR


On 18-Apr-17 11:38 AM, Sean Waite wrote:
> 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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