10-08-16 11:39 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Worldtime.com
Howdy! Holger,

 HG> {at}MSGID: 
 HG> In a message on Saturday 10-04-16 Ed Vance said to mark lewis:

 HG> Hi Ed,

 ml> this sounds like you are talking about the Maidenhead Locators or
 ml> the old QRA Locator...

 ml>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Locator_System

 ml>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QRA_locator

 EV> I never heard the term "Maidenhead Locator System" B4, I think
 EV> HamGrid is what I've heard it called by.

 HG> The Maidenhead locator is a new more exact version of the QRA Locator,
 HG> and it covers the entire world. The QRA Locator was originally
 HG> configured to cover only Europe.

I suppose everyone knows about the Maidenhead Locator System but me.
I've known about the XX##xx Grid Number System for some time now, just
never heard it called Maidenhead.

What I've been looking for is information about what I remember of a Map
being divided in Grids and the Grids were divided into Cells.
The Cells were named XX##, they didn't have the extra xx added.

There is an older man at Church I need to ask about that map/grid system,
because I've learned that He has (had) a Private Pilot's License.
He may know of what I remember seeing in the late 1950's, early 1960's.

 EV> I used QRZ.COM and learned that the place I remembered in the EJ
 EV> grid is also in the EM78 grid, it just has a different set of Lower
 EV> Case Letters after it than what my location has.

 HG> The QRA Locator had only one letter after the numbers, while the Mdh
 HG> locator has originally two.

O.K.

 HG> It has later been expanded with more letters to give a more exact
 HG> position, but to my knowledge, it's not used in ham radio.

Oh, O.K., I was thinking Mdh and HamGrid were the same.
I sit corrected (again).   Thanks.

73 . .

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