D About The Grid Locator; D About The Course - Icom IC-R30 Advanced Manual

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GPS OPERATION
■ Checking your GPS location (Continued)

D About the Grid Locator

Grid Locator (GL) is a position compressed into a 6 character code, calculated by the
longitude and the latitude.
The locator is simply calculated by dividing the earth surface into squares.
It is used to find the area of a transceiver station.
Field
PM75VN
Square
Subsquare

D About the Course

The course displayed on the GPS POSITION screens are indicated in degrees.
0°
N
315°
270° W
225°
S
180°
5-10
The grid locator map of Japan
140°
PN
PM
45°
E
90°
135°
04 14 24
QN
03 13 23
12
02 22
01 11 21
40°
20
00 10
09
08
07
06 QM
05
04
03
02
01