Arden Park hams

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](http://www.arrl.org/arrlvec/vanity.html) 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](http://www.qrz.com/index.html) 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](http://www.qrz.com/db/N6YIP)
* [N6PIW](http://www.qrz.com/db/N6PIW)
* [W6PKU](http://www.qrz.com/db/W6PKU)
* [K6BRS](http://www.qrz.com/db/K6BRS)
* [KC6MCM](http://www.qrz.com/db/KC6MCM)
* [KE6KCL](http://www.qrz.com/db/KE6KCL)
* [KC6VQT](http://www.qrz.com/db/KC6VQT)
* [N6VHE](http://www.qrz.com/db/N6VHE)
* [KG6LRX](http://www.qrz.com/db/KG6LRX)
* [N6GNI](http://www.qrz.com/db/N6GNI)
* [WA6VYC](http://www.qrz.com/db/WA6VYC)
* [WA6IUK](http://www.qrz.com/db/WA6IUK)
* [KG6PVF](http://www.qrz.com/db/KG6PVF)
* [N6RHC](http://www.qrz.com/db/N6RHC)
* [KB6UPS](http://www.qrz.com/db/KB6UPS)
* [WD6DZR](http://www.qrz.com/db/WD6DZR)
* [KG6UGJ](http://www.qrz.com/db/KG6UGJ)
* [KG6DJ](http://www.qrz.com/db/KG6DJ)
* and myself.

To get to QRZ’s gridmap display, go to [QRZ’s search page](http://www.qrz.com/db/?cmd=1), 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.