Historically, its been the Garmin GPS's that offer Maidenhead readout.
I came across this page that might be helpful:
http://www.n7cfo.com/vhf/gps/~gps.htm
73, Bob K0NR
On 12-May-17 8:12 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@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@alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099
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