Grid square — Your location as a short code.
The Maidenhead system. Four or six characters like EL29 or EL29gx that pin down where you are. Used constantly in VHF work, contests, and satellite operating.
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Related words
- Park reference — The code that identifies a POTA park.
- VE — Volunteer Examiner.
- Contest — A competitive operating event.
- Hunter — Someone chasing park activators.
- Simplex — Radio to radio, no repeater.
- SOTA — Summits on the Air.
- Pileup — Everybody calling one station at once.
- RST — The signal report system.