[VHFcontesting] Maidenhead grid locating for Rovers

[Mark Spencer]

Thanks all for the helpful comments (both on and off list.). I now have lots of suggestions to pass onto other hams who are interested in VHF contesting and roving in particular.

I just double checked and my GPS (that can display Maidenhead grids) is a Garmin etrex summit.


All the best 

Mark S
VE7AFZ

mark at alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099

> On May 12, 2017, at 11:19 AM, Darryl Holman <djholman at u.washington.edu> wrote:
> 
> Yep...same here.  I have used the GPSTest app on a decommissioned Android phone for many years. Recently I was given an old Garmin eTrex that works even better because I can program it to put the maidenhead grid and the UTC clock on the same display page.
> 
> Darryl
> ww7d
> 
> 
>> On 05/12/2017 07:12 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
>> There are many phone apps which display Maidenhead grid info. They are
>> free. I think one I'm using is "HamGPS." It displays the grid coordinates
>> to 10 characters. I believe this is the program that also displays bearing
>> and distance from your current location to another grid if you enter it.
>> 
>> I also have a Garmin eTrex. It shows grids to 6 characters.
>> 
>> 73, Zack W9SZ
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Mark Spencer <mark at alignedsolutions.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi.  I'm just curious how other rovers are determining their Maidenhead
>>> grid locations while roving.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance for any comments.
>>> 
>>> Mark S
>>> VE7AFZ
>>> 
>>> mark at alignedsolutions.com
>>> 604 762 4099
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