Hi Jim,
Ok then that puts you in Em10
We should be able to work menny times during the e skip season.
I hope to hear you on.
Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Shaffer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: six meters
> Matt, my QTH, Pflugerville, is right on the northeast corner of Austin.
> You
> can't tell when you go from one to the other.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Arthur
> Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2014 4:15 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: six meters
>
> Hi Jim
> So you must be kind of near Austin?
> Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Shaffer" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 10:26 PM
> Subject: Fw: six meters
>
>
>> Yeh, I think I messed it up again. It appears my grid square is em10,
>> not
>> em17. I'm at 30 26' 21" N by 97 37' 11" W. The Maidenhead web page
>> shows
>> that as em10ek.
>>
>> Thanks Lloyd.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lloyd Rasmussen
>> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 10:17 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: six meters
>>
>> I'm sure that NM80 wouldn't be right. The M and the 7 in EM17 indicate
>> that
>> you are between 27 and 28 degrees north. The E indicates that you are
>> between 80 and 100 degrees west, and the 1 says that you are between 96
>> and
>> 98 degrees west. People don't use all 6 characters unless they are
>> working
>> in the microwave range, or perhaps for some specific contests. Typical
>> exchange is the four-character grid square. Perhaps I'll work one of you
>> on
>> 6 meters some day.
>> 73,
>>
>>
>> Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD FM19
>> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Shaffer
>> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 10:55 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Fw: six meters
>>
>> Well maybe my grid is em17. QRZ.com shows em17iq along with nm80tk. Not
>> sure about this, but I should probably get it right before making more
>> qsos.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jim Shaffer
>> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 9:43 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: six meters
>>
>> I checked out 6 meter cw, and worked NC, fm04, from NM80, Pflugerville,
>> TX.
>> I think that grid is right. I used my latitude/longitude with the grid
>> mapper by QRZ.com, and got nm80tk. I'm new to this grid thing, so hope
>> that's right.
>> --
>> Jim, KE5AL
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matt Arthur
>> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 8:08 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: six meters
>>
>> Hi all,
>> I just saw our first E skip opening of the season from here in =
>> Minnesota.
>> from en33 worked Em80 in Fl.
>> Also el98 in Fl.
>> so watch six meters.
>> Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw
>>
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