[FLWSS] Locations

[Walter Dail K4HV]

Maidenhead. Spelling will get you on Fridays.

Using a 6 letter maidenhead will get you pretty close and I think it's
easier
to figure out. (less stuff to punch in the computer or Blackberry) It should
at least get you in the beamwidth of your antenna at distance. If in doubt
use 8 letters.

Walter K4HV

-----Original Message-----
From: flwss-bounces at flwss.net [mailto:flwss-bounces at flwss.net] On Behalf Of
Samuel Strongin
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 5:43 PM
To: George Presley; FLWSS Bulletin Board
Subject: Re: [FLWSS] Locations


I believe it is "madinhead"
               73 Sam kf4yox
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Presley" <k4rsv at bellsouth.net>
To: "FLWSS Bulletin Board" <flwss at flwss.net>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:22 PM
Subject: [FLWSS] Locations


> Gents,
>
> Joe and I were trying to unravel longitude and latitude formats. He 
> and I have been using hddd* mm' ss.s" and we have them programmed into 
> our GPS units that way. When we talked to Jim (nn4aa) about his rover 
> location he used Degrees only (hddd* dddd.d).
>
> This raises questions that we need to resolve today. It is easy to
> exchange
> location information and misunderstand which format is being used. So, 
> what
> is commonly used or what is the standard? Most hand-held GPS units have
> several formats to select from, but we all need to be using the same one.
>
> We are looking for strong objections to using the format we are using.
> Note
> that it is also the "Google Earth" default. This helpful tool will also
> accept log/lat format data in the "Fly To" box for getting quick visuals.
>
> George K4 RSV Please
>
>
>
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