[amsat-bb] Re: Four Grids from one location

[Edward R Cole]

I am not sure what the requirements are for VUCC, WAS, DXCC & other 
awards but for valid contacts from rovers in ARRL VHF Contests there 
is a requirement that the rover moves a min distance between 
grids.  This is to prevent a method of shortcutting contacts called 
grid circling.  So, even with a GPS, it may be necessary to move 
physically to register the proper six digit grid.  Can you imagine 
the number of grids that intersect at the north of south pole?

FWIW
73,
Ed - KLUW

At 06:43 AM 7/21/2010, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
>Lee Ernstrom wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone has operated from one point where four grid
> > squares meet.  There is a location just a few miles to the west of where I
> > operated portable from yesterday in Idaho where DN31, DN41, DN32, and DN42
> > meet.  The terrain looks a little rugged but in about a week or 
> so I'm going
> > to drive back up there and check it out with my GPS.  It looks like the
> > location is off the dirt road about 1/4 mile so there will be a little
> > hiking involved.
> >
> > WA7HQD
> > Lee Ernstrom
> > Syracuse, Utah DN31xb
> >
>Long time back, I worked KK5YY (now SK) from a 4 grid point in SW Texas.
>I'm scouting locations now to do the same thing during my SD trip next
>month. A snapshot of the GPS at the exact intersection is a very good idea.
>
>73, Drew KO4MA
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73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45
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