----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Blanchard" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 5:39 PM
Subject: LF: Positions
At 16:54 15/03/03 +0000, G3KEV wrote:
>Alex I asked for LAT/LON or GRID REF and not LOC. I already have the Loc
but
>my prog needs lat/long or grid ref to calculate the distance.
>G3KEV
All the info you need to calculate lat/lon from LOC yourself is on pages
144-145 of
the 2003 edition of the RSGB Yearbook. Just needs a little bit of effort!
I do not have this Yearbook and I expect others likewise do not have it.
All that I need is the LAT/LONG or actual QTH then I can calculate the
distance
No point asking for "grid ref" because NGR does not extend outside the UK
and I don't know of any ham calculator that accepts the world-wide UTM
grid
which is all UA hams could give you.
There are plenty of free calculators that accept all three systems, even
on-line
ones - see bottom of p.144.
Why chase around the Intenet or buy a comic when all one has to do is ask
the station concerned what his QTH
or LAT/LONG is
G3KEV
Walter G3JKV
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