10-08-16 11:39 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Worldtime.com   
   Howdy! Holger,   
      
    HG> @MSGID: <57FA1E9A.14871.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    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.   
      
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