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Call Sign : 26-CT-3921 / M7GDA Posts : 139 Times Thanked : 6 Join date : 2020-12-22 QTH or Location : Lambourn Equipment Used : CRT SS9900, CRT ONE N, CRT Electro, UV-5r, B550p, HP-202, Sirio 4000, T2lT, Sharmans X-50, Diamond A430....and many bits of wire.
Subject: Location grids Sun May 08, 2022 6:21 pm
Hi all,
I see and hear lots of references to location identifiers, but I've no idea about them.....if anyone were to ask me mine, I'd not have a clue. Ideas welcome as ever please!
Cheers,
Simon.
Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2516 Times Thanked : 69 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 150
Subject: Re: Location grids Sun May 08, 2022 8:08 pm
Is this the sort of thing your after first thing i found. http://www.9h1mrl.org/ukrae/arc_cd/foundation/html/locator.htm
still looking will post for a better one when i can find it.
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Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2516 Times Thanked : 69 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 150
Subject: Re: Location grids Sun May 08, 2022 8:15 pm
Keep zooming in on this map and find your street/house and your locator is in the corner. https://www.egloff.eu/googlemap_v3/carto.php
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TheReverend Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3921 / M7GDA Posts : 139 Times Thanked : 6 Join date : 2020-12-22 QTH or Location : Lambourn Equipment Used : CRT SS9900, CRT ONE N, CRT Electro, UV-5r, B550p, HP-202, Sirio 4000, T2lT, Sharmans X-50, Diamond A430....and many bits of wire.
Subject: Re: Location grids Sun May 08, 2022 8:34 pm
Alan Pilot wrote:
Keep zooming in on this map and find your street/house and your locator is in the corner. https://www.egloff.eu/googlemap_v3/carto.php
Nice one, thanks bud!!
SangueG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1165 Times Thanked : 68 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: Location grids Mon May 09, 2022 6:19 am
If you have put your address correctly into your QRZ.com profile the locator will also be shown in the 'detail' tab of your page.
Another common locator asked for, especially when working inter-G, is the Worked All Britain (WAB) square. That is a 4 character code that is worked out by using the two letters and the first and fourth numbers of the Ordnance Survey grid code. E.g. my OS grid location is SP016006 so my WAB is SP00.
Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2516 Times Thanked : 69 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 150
Subject: Re: Location grids Mon May 09, 2022 7:06 am
QRZ.com got my locator very wrong so if you do use it double check it.
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SangueG Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3971 / 2E0LMI Posts : 1165 Times Thanked : 68 Join date : 2021-01-30 QTH or Location : Cirencester, Gloucestershire Equipment Used : Little radios, home-made antennas
Subject: Re: Location grids Mon May 09, 2022 7:34 am
Alan Pilot wrote:
QRZ.com got my locator very wrong so if you do use it double check it.
Arg, got worried for a moment. Checked my QRZ one with the link you gave and all good, phew! lol
TheReverend Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3921 / M7GDA Posts : 139 Times Thanked : 6 Join date : 2020-12-22 QTH or Location : Lambourn Equipment Used : CRT SS9900, CRT ONE N, CRT Electro, UV-5r, B550p, HP-202, Sirio 4000, T2lT, Sharmans X-50, Diamond A430....and many bits of wire.
Subject: Re: Location grids Wed May 11, 2022 12:13 am
Hi Gents,
I tried the QRZ site, and it seems that it defaults to central London, which I presume is because I have an incomplete postcode in my address details, or that I use my mobile as a hotspot to get online, so there's no IP address details?
Cheers
Simon.
TheReverend Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-3921 / M7GDA Posts : 139 Times Thanked : 6 Join date : 2020-12-22 QTH or Location : Lambourn Equipment Used : CRT SS9900, CRT ONE N, CRT Electro, UV-5r, B550p, HP-202, Sirio 4000, T2lT, Sharmans X-50, Diamond A430....and many bits of wire.
Subject: Re: Location grids Wed May 11, 2022 12:37 am
Alan Pilot wrote:
Keep zooming in on this map and find your street/house and your locator is in the corner. https://www.egloff.eu/googlemap_v3/carto.php
Hi Alan,
This one works a treat, so I've now used it to manually update QRZ.
Cheers
Simon.
Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2516 Times Thanked : 69 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 150
Subject: Re: Location grids Wed May 11, 2022 8:59 am
Glad it worked for you Simon. I couldn't find the one i used before you didn't have to zoom like that one but still it works. As long as you know where to look on the map unlike some (she is sat next to me) lol.
Today at 8:56 am by SangueG
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