This works amazingly well for finding your exact grid square.
If you can find your QTH on a Google map, you can know your grid square!
http://f6fvy.free.fr/qthLocator/fullScreen.php
Thanks to F6FVY
David ~ KY1V
-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Doug Smith
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 8:25 PM
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Is it time to reevaluate CQWW Scoring Rules?
Nate Bargmann wrote:
> Maidenhead subsquares would seem to fill this role nicely. Here at
mid
> lattitudes (I'm near 40 deg North) my locator of EM19qu defines an
area
> of about 3 miles lattitude and 4.5 miles longitude (4.83 km x 7.24
km).
Problem is, nobody knows what their six-character square is.
Heck, I'd bet a pretty large proportion of the casual participants don't
even know their *four*-character square.
Most people know their CQ Zone; most of those who don't know can figure
it out by listening to other stations in their area; worst case, they
ask you
for help and it takes a few seconds to get the answer.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View, TN EM66
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