I got my amateur radio (”ham”) license last week, but I haven’t posted my callsign very widely because I applied for a vanity callsign as soon as I got my license. (It isn’t possible to apply for a vanity call until one has been granted a license.) It usually takes 18-20 calendar days for a vanity callsign to be granted, so I expect to announce my new call on March 17.
I’m interested in finding other local hams, so I visited QRZ.com and pulled up “my” grid square, CM98ho. The grid doesn’t quite line up with my neighborhood boundaries, so I also needed to look at grid CM98hn for the southern section. The map shows about 20 markers (which may represent more than one person) in Arden Park:
- N6YIP
- N6PIW
- W6PKU
- K6BRS
- KC6MCM
- KE6KCL
- KC6VQT
- N6VHE
- KG6LRX
- N6GNI
- WA6VYC
- WA6IUK
- KG6PVF
- N6RHC
- KB6UPS
- WD6DZR
- KG6UGJ
- KG6DJ
- and myself.
To get to QRZ’s gridmap display, go to QRZ’s search page, enter “grid: CM98ho”, then click on one of the listed callsigns. If that person hasn’t restricted their information, click on the green bar that says “click for more detail”. A map will appear on the right. Click on the “Explore on GridMap” link below the map.
