By popular demand, I've made maps for the January and September VHF
contests as well:
http://www.wm5r.org/maps/2002janvhf/
http://www.wm5r.org/maps/2003janvhf/
http://www.wm5r.org/maps/2002junvhf/
http://www.wm5r.org/maps/2003junvhf/
http://www.wm5r.org/maps/2002sepvhf/
http://www.wm5r.org/maps/2003sepvhf/
It's pretty clear from these maps that the June contest is very different
from the January or September contests.
On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 10:51:49AM -0500, Kenneth E. Harker wrote:
> I have generated maps of the locations of contest participants in the
> 2002 and 2003 ARRL June VHF QSO Parties. I start with the tab-delimited
> scores databsae for the contest, match up callsigns with ZIP codes in the
> FCC database, and match ZIP codes to lat/lon values. I'm using the U.S.
> Census Bureau's online Tiger Mapping Server to draw the maps.
>
> * These maps only show "lower-48" USA stations. I wish the U.S. Census
> Bureau map server would map Canada, but it doesn't. I could map Hawaii
> and Alaska as well, but there were no contest entries from those states
> in 2002 or 2003.
>
> * Where an operation takes place from a different location than the
> callbook address, I have no easy way to know that is the case, and if I
> did, the scores database does not include enough data to map the "real"
> operation location. This is only really noticable in the case of a
> few well-known multi-op mountain-top stations like K8GP and W2SZ/1.
>
> * On the assumption that most SO/P operations are relatively near home -
> like, in the same state, for example, I am mapping them, even though I
> know they are almost all not in the exact location of operation.
>
> * I am not mapping rover operations.
>
> http://www.wm5r.org/maps/2002junvhf/
> http://www.wm5r.org/maps/2003junvhf/
>
> Feedback welcome.
>
>
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