What if you need to identify a more precise location? Here’s a PDF file containing the US grid square map provided by Icom america. This identifier could be helpful if you’re attempting to communicate with someone, especially outside the continental U.S. In fact, it’s the grid square where most of us in Wichita reside. Here’s a couple good articles on grid squares:Ī grid square is indicated by two letters (the field) and two numbers (the square), as in EM17… the grid square where I reside.
They’re called grid squares (also known as the Maidenhead Locator System)… and they don’t rely on technology. Thanks to the ham radio community, there is a shorthand way to communicate over the air and locate any spot on the earth. Well, “When all else fails… there is ham radio.” But, what happens when the power grid goes down, your GPS and cell phone don’t work, and you need to find or identify a location? I like the conveniences all those modern technologies provide and use them myself.
In this age of GPS, cell phones, and the Internet, many have lost the ability to read a paper map.
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