[amsat-bb] Re: Grid Location

Steve Meuse smeuse at mara.org
Sat Aug 14 15:49:36 PDT 2010


John Neeley expunged (w6zkh at att.net):

> First Mike, you are in EN81gq, per QRZ.com, and second you dont need the last 2 

I would avoid using QRZ.com *if you want your 6 digit grid locator*....

I discovered they use the geographical center of your zip code, or some other method that isn't accurate. It's easy enough to get your lat-long from google earth and plug it into the Amsat grid calculator as well....

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/toys/gridconv.html


-Steve

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