[VHFcontesting] Maidenhead grid locating for Rovers
Chuck Gress
chuckgress at hotmail.com
Fri May 12 11:40:16 EDT 2017
Hi, on my iPhone 6 I use an app called (OpenAPRS).
You can actually transmit your position with your iPhone and then any station can log onto APRS Mobile.fi on a computer and it will pinpoint your location on a map with your grid square. When you move to a Nother great square just transmit your position again and it will automatically update you on the map for the other operator to see. I have used it for several years and it works great
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> On May 12, 2017, at 10:29 AM, Vhfrover via VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:
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> Hi Mark,
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> I also use RoverLog and an external USB GPS module. My location our to 6-characters automatically is recorded in my log. Very nice.
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> Prior to using a laptop to log, I used a Garman GPS-III, a GPS-V or a Garman Quest unit.
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> 73
> Mike WB8BZK
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Spencer <mark at alignedsolutions.com>
> To: vhf contesting <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> Sent: Fri, May 12, 2017 8:52 am
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Maidenhead grid locating for Rovers
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> Hi. I'm just curious how other rovers are determining their Maidenhead grid locations while roving.
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> I'm delivering a presentation on VHF contesting and would like to be able to make some recommendations on simple ways rovers can easily determine their Maidenhead grid locations. Another local ham also asked me about this during the microwave sprint which requires the use of six character grids.
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> I'm fortunate that I own a hand held GPS that has the ability to display Maidenhead grids (I'm told this is a fairly rare feature) and I also previously down loaded a program for my IPhone called "hamLocator" which works very well for me but appears to be no longer available (at least in Canada.) As a result I believe neither of the options I use are really viable for many hams. I recall looking at other iPhone apps in the past that didn't seem to work as well for me as hamLocator did.
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> Thanks in advance for any comments.
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> Mark S
> VE7AFZ
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> mark at alignedsolutions.com
> 604 762 4099
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