[amsat-bb] Grid square map "app"?

Clayton Coleman kayakfishtx at gmail.com
Fri Feb 6 01:37:04 UTC 2015


Take a look here: http://www.papays.com/sat/gridmaps/gridmaps.html

John K8YSE gives a good summary of how to make it work.

73
Clayton
W5PFG

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 7:35 PM, Steve Kristoff <skristof at etczone.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the quick reply Andrew. I downloaded the program, but all I
> could get it to do was show a great circle map centered on my QTH. I tried
> altering the "Properties" and nothing happened. No grid squares. No zoom
> function. Any suggestions?
>
> Steve Kristoff AI9IN
> skristof at etczone.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Glasbrenner"
> <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>
> To: "'Steve Kristoff'" <skristof at etczone.com>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 8:19 PM
> Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Grid square map "app"?
>
>
>
>> GCMWIN found at http://www.qsl.net/sm3gsj/gcm.htm is what most of us use
>> for
>> tracking grids on satellite. It's a really nice output, and very
>> customizable.
>>
>> 73, Drew KO4MA
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
>> Behalf Of Steve Kristoff
>> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 7:42 PM
>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Grid square map "app"?
>>
>> Does anyone know of a downloadable or online grid square map that you can
>> add markers and notation to, like on Google Maps? I'd like to be able to
>> map
>> out my contacts by grid square on the computer. Any and all suggestions
>> welcome!
>>
>> Steve Kristoff AI9IN
>> skristof at etczone.com
>>
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