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Squares The amateur radio society uses a co-ordinate system to indicate in simple terms were a station is located. The system currently in use is the Maidenhead locator system and is built up by 2 letters, 2 figures and again 2 letters. This gives a sqaure of roughly 5x5 km, in which the radio amateur is located and is sufficient for most amateur radio applications. In certain case (using SHF and EHF frequencies, another set of figures is added, increasing the accuracy to tenths of meters. The locator system is global and unambiguous. Radio amateurs who are interested in making long distance (DX) contacts, so-called DX-er's are interested in working as many squares as possible. My current standing is 523 (19 November 2009), which is not bad at all, but far away from the top with 900+ squares. The map indicates the squares worked from my current home in Austria. The squares worked from my previous homes do not count, unfortunately.... |
Main Squares worked on 2m Meters |
European Squares on 2 Meter Band as per 24th July 2011 |
European Squares on 6 Meter Band as per 24th July 2011 |