Re: [amsat-bb] Grid Rules

["Bruce Paige" <kk5do@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > > 2.  How close do I need to be to the corner?  Within 100 feet? 100 yards? 10
> > > feet?
> > >
> > The transmitter must be located exactly on the grid square based on either
> > survey lines or a gps.
> >  
>     Does "exactly on the grid square" mean "inside the grid square"? If so, then
>     it is not in any other grid  square. 

No!, it means exactly on the grid boundary. If you are working from a 
boundary between two grids or on a corner of 4 grids, you cannot be 'inside 
the grid square', that would place you in only one grid instead of on the 
boundary of 2 or 4.

> > > 3.  What has to be located on or near the corner?  Me?  My antenna?  My
> > > transmitter?  (Can't put all of those in exactly the same place!)
> > 
> > The transmitter. 
> > 
>         Are you approving the idea of "near the corner" as also covering the
>         adjoining squares? 

Near the corner is not where the transmitter needs to be. It is to be located on 
the boundary of the 2 grids or the exact corner of the 4 grids as determined 
by either survey lines or a GPS. If you are on the corner of 4 grids, then you 
can give out all the grids for one contact. If you can't make it all the way to the 
corner but are on the boundary of 2 grids, then you give out those 2 grids.

Simply saying, well somewhere around here (1/8, 1/4, 1/2 mile give or take) 
is a grid border is not keeping in the spirit of the awards program. If you are 
operating from a border of grids, you must be on that border. 

73...bruce



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