Don't know if THIS PDF will help - but I was using this in my early attempts to get this figured out. It describes how to discern the 7th and 8th digits
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Re: How do I discern Maidenhead Locator from GPS lat long info.
Don't know if THIS PDF will help - but I was using this in my early attempts to get this figured out. It describes how to discern the 7th and 8th digits
Re: How do I discern Maidenhead Locator from GPS lat long info.
Umm, WOW! Thanks Darrel! And my brain thanks you even more, since it gets uppity when it has to do complex math!
Re: How do I discern Maidenhead Locator from GPS lat long info.
I am - I look forward to seeing your code because math and I do not get along well..... :biggrin:
That's actually one of the reasons I have been delaying this project - the math was a bit above...
Re: How do I discern Maidenhead Locator from GPS lat long info.
Absolutely correct
And you're right - HK33xv is in the ocean off of Cape Verde
And 14.321N 32.123W converts to HK34wh - darn near exactly what you calculated
Re: How do I discern Maidenhead Locator from GPS lat long info.
BTW, what are you building? Mine was an idea when I was driving around talking on Amateur Radio Satellites. We were in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and I was waiting for my wife to come out of a...
Re: How do I discern Maidenhead Locator from GPS lat long info.
Thanks! I'll have a look at that.
Re: How do I discern Maidenhead Locator from GPS lat long info.
Weird - I've had this one on my list of things to make for about a year - I got a bit of a start, then other things took over.
Don't know if this helps, but HERE is a BASIC program that I was...