Welcome to the world of 10 GHz !
NLRS 10 GHz and Up Operating Sites The following sites have been used by NLRS members in prior 10 GHz and Up Cumulative
Contests, or are new prospects for sites to be tried. Click on the Map icon to display
a map of the location. Once the map is displayed, you should look at the toolbar at
the very top frame of the map. To the left are the zoom buttons, and to the right are
the map size (small, medium, large) buttons.
Twin Cities Metro Locations
| Location Name |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Grid |
Elevation |
Map |
| Mounds Park |
44:56:44.5 N |
93:03:19.8 W |
EN34lw |
923 feet |
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| Capitol Overlook |
44:57:23.9 N |
93:05:57.9 W |
EN34kw |
Elevation ? |
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Cherokee Park
South end of High Bridge |
44:56:53.6 N |
93:06:00.8 W |
EN34kw |
Elevation ? |
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| St. Anthony |
45:00:12.3 N |
93:13:04.6 W |
EN35ja |
Elevation ? |
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| Hudson, WI - Birkmose Park |
44:58:30.6 N |
92:44:43.6 W |
EN34px |
Elevation ? |
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| Mendota Overlook |
44:52:02.9 N |
93:10:27.0 W |
EN34ju |
Elevation ? |
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| Mendota Heights - Pilot Knob Rd. |
44:52:53.3 N |
93:10:00.6 W |
EN34jv |
Elevation ? |
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| Burnsville - 35W |
44:46:19.3 N |
93:17:06.5 W |
EN34is |
Elevation ? |
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| The Gravel Pit Site - 494 & 169 |
Latitude ? |
Longitude ? |
Grid ? |
Elevation ? |
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| Flying Cloud Airport |
44:49:15.0 N |
93:27:20.7 W |
EN34gt |
Elevation ? |
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| Idell Avenue |
44:45:16.9 N |
92:55:25.5 W |
EN34ms |
Elevation ? |
|
| Jacobs Ave. N. |
44:43:56.3 N |
92:54:14.8 W |
EN34nr |
Elevation ? |
|
| SE of Hastings |
Latitude ? |
Longitude ? |
Grid ? |
Elevation ? |
|
| New Trier |
44:36:40.7 N |
92:56:01.9 W |
EN34mo |
Elevation ? |
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| Cannon Falls - High View Rd. |
44:28:01.9 N |
92:52:41.1 W |
EN34nl |
Elevation ? |
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| Vasa - Smaland Rd at 293rd |
44:31:30.7 N |
92:42:19.9 W |
EN34pm |
Elevation ? |
|
| Vasa South |
Latitude ? |
Longitude ? |
Grid ? |
Elevation ? |
|
| Red Wing - Soldiers Park |
44:33:46.0 N |
92:31:21.0 W |
EN34rn |
Elevation ? |
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| Mt. Tom |
45:19:34.2 N |
95:01:58.2 W |
EN25lh |
Elevation ? |
|
| Monticello South (Parking Lot) |
45:16:49.0 N |
93:46:11.1 W |
EN35cg |
Elevation ? |
|
| Monticello North (Tower) |
45:16:55.6 N |
93:45:59.8 W |
EN35cg |
Elevation ? |
|
| Fletcher |
45:10:14.3 N |
93:32:54.3 W |
EN35fe |
Elevation ? |
|
| Rogers |
Latitude ? |
Longitude ? |
Grid ? |
Elevation ? |
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| Loretto |
Latitude ? |
Longitude ? |
Grid ? |
Elevation ? |
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| Rasmussan College |
Latitude ? |
Longitude ? |
Grid ? |
Elevation ? |
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| Winsted 4 Corners EN24 |
44:59:18.5 N |
94:00:44.3 W |
EN24xx |
Elevation ? |
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| Winsted 4 Corners EN25 |
45:00:47.7 N |
94:01:21.0 W |
EN25xa |
Elevation ? |
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| Winsted 4 Corners EN34 |
44:58:55.0 N |
93:59:45.5 W |
EN34ax |
Elevation ? |
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More Distant Locations Southeast of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area
| Location Name |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Grid |
Elevation |
Map |
| Arcadia, WI |
44:12:21.7 N |
91:27:32.2 W |
EN44ge |
Elevation ? |
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| St. Charles 4 Corners EN33 |
43:56:00.0 N |
92:00:06.0 W |
EN33xw |
1333 feet |
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| North Fountain T |
43:46:05.0 N |
92:06:12.0 W |
EN33ws |
1282 feet |
|
Dexter
(from WA2VOI) |
43:42:34.2 N |
92:41:21.6 W |
EN33pr |
Elevation ? |
|
Dexter
(from KCØCP) |
43:43:01.8 N |
92:43:16.1 W |
EN33pr |
1408 feet |
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| S. Lanesboro Bare Hills |
43:40:18.0 N |
91:56:16.0 W |
EN43aq |
1270 feet |
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| Harmony |
43:33:06.0 N |
92:03:36.0 W |
EN33xn |
1350 feet |
|
| Spring Grove |
43:33:29.0 N |
91:39:04.0 W |
EN43en |
1306 feet |
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| North Mabel |
43:36:06.0 N |
91:46:28.0 W |
EN43co |
1233 feet |
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| North Wykoff |
43:43:54.0 N |
92:14:24.0 W |
EN33vr |
1323 feet |
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Outstate Locations (Well Outside of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area)
| Location Name |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Grid |
Elevation |
Map |
| VE4MA in Winnipeg, Manitoba |
49:51:??.? N |
97:02:??.? W |
EN19lu |
Elevation ? |
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| KMØT in Sioux Center, Iowa |
43:05:23.8 N |
96:10:05.9 W |
EN13vc |
1453 feet |
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| NØDQS in Schleswig, Iowa |
42:09:47.0 N |
95:26:04.0 W |
EN22gd |
1484 feet |
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| WØAIH - WØUC/9 |
44:43:09.8 N |
91:20:00.7 W |
EN44hr |
Elevation ? |
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| Wilson, MN |
43:47:41.7 N |
91:38:59.8 W |
EN43et |
Elevation ? |
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| Fargo/Moorhead |
46:62:25.8 N |
96:47:46.2 W |
EN16ou |
Elevation ? |
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| Nett Lake Indian Reservation |
48:03:00.0 N |
93:17:48.0 W |
EN38ib |
Elevation ? |
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Lake Superior Sites
| Location Name |
Latitude |
Longitude |
Grid |
Elevation |
Map |
| Port Wing Wayside Rest
| 46:46:16.2 N |
91:27:23.7 W |
EN46gs |
Elevation ? |
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| Herbster City Park |
46:50:05.1 N |
91:15:42.2 W |
EN46iu |
Elevation ? |
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Lester River
Pull-off with Tourist Info |
46:50:16.0 N |
92:00:06.0 W |
EN36xu |
Elevation ? |
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| Stewart River |
47:03:04.8 N |
91:37:48.0 W |
EN47eb |
Elevation ? |
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Beaver Bay
Lax Lake Rd. |
47:12:53.4 N |
91:21:15.0 W |
EN47hf |
Elevation ? |
|
| Crystal Creek |
47:20:58.8 N |
91:11:0.0 W |
EN47ji |
Elevation ? |
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| Kennedy Landing |
47:22:50.4 N |
91:09:14.4 W |
EN47kj |
Elevation ? |
|
Onion River
(a lot of trees) |
47:36:35.4 N |
90:45:52.2 W |
EN47oo |
Elevation ? |
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Cascade River Rest Area
Cut Face Creek |
47:42:06.6 N |
90:32:23.4 W |
EN47rq |
Elevation ? |
|
Stony Point CR222
East side of Point |
46:55:32.0 N |
91:48:59.0 W |
EN46cw |
Elevation ? |
|
| 5 Miles East of Two Harbors |
47:04:17.0 N |
91:35:23.0 W |
EN47eb |
Elevation ? |
|
Parking Area Under Construction
may be private? marginal |
47:09:57.0 N |
91:25:29.0 W |
EN47gd |
Elevation ? |
|
Stony Point Drive
Along the rocks, East side (Wet!) |
46:55:38.0 N |
91:48:51.0 W |
EN46cw |
Elevation ? |
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| Kitchi Gammi Park |
46:50:40.0 N |
91:59:28.0 W |
EN46au |
Elevation ? |
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| Brockway Mountain |
47:27:51.5 N |
87:58:11.2 W |
EN67al |
Elevation ? |
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| Eagle Harbor Lighthouse |
47:27:36.1 N |
88:09:34.7 W |
EN57wl |
Elevation ? |
|
Eagle Harbor Alternate #1
Dunes Drive East of Cat Harbor |
47:27:21.8 N |
88:11:13.6 W |
EN57vk |
Elevation ? |
|
Eagle Harbor Alternate #2
Great Sand Bay |
47:26:46.2 N |
88:13:00.5 W |
EN57vk |
Elevation ? |
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While we try to get this page whipped totally into shape, you may wish to know that
this URL will take you to a web
page provided by Matt, KB1VC, to plot Radio Line-of-Sight Profiles from one point to
another. As explained on his page, this is not a real-time service, it results in a GIF
file being emailed back to you in a day or so after you fill out the request form. But it
can be quite handy nevertheless. Thanks to Mark, N2MH, for reminding me of this URL.
And this URL will take you to
Mark's "N2MH RoveSite Locator" which may be of interest to you.
Database Link
The following link gives you an Excel spreadsheet file that is being used to develop the
future version of this web page. In the future, each "tab" of the spreadsheet file will
be a separate table in an SQL database, containing only the static data. Then, this page
will be re-written as a series of web pages in the PHP language, which will read the
data out of the various tables to construct web pages on the fly. This will permit us
to manage the data via web forms, keep data in one central location and display it in
many different ways, allow us to display detailed information about each site or potential
site, including the ability to build tables of paths from any one site to all others as
desired. Anyway, that is coming along, but for the impatient, the Excel spreadsheet file
can be massaged by you to generate some of those analyses right now.
SiteData.xls 
Links to Useful Software
- The Contest Station Locator
is an Excel spreadsheet that can be used to store numerous locations, and then compute the
bearing and distance between any pair of them.
- The WØJT Grid Loc
program for the Palm and compatibles allows you to convert locations between DD:MM:SS,
DD:MM.mmm, DD.dddd, and Maidenhead Grid formats. It also computes bearing and distance
between two locations. It is a bit slow and primitive, cannot (yet) store a list of
locations as a database, and cannot use a GPS. But you just might find it useful anyway.
- The KK6MK GL (Grid Locator) program
for the Palm has more features than the one above, such as the ability to store lists of
locations in memo files, reading your GPS to figure out where you are right now, etc.
To get the most out of the GL application, you need to create a set of locations in a
memo file. I took Donn's email postings, and worked them over a little bit, adding some
more locations, reformatting them so be more screen friendly (although GL is smart enough
that it doesn't care about pretty or ugly formats), etc. To save you the effort of
entering them in with Graffiti, or the built-in keyboard option, or even an external Palm
keyboard, you can download what I have built right here.
Unfortunately, (at least as far as I can figure), there is no way to create a separate memo
file on the PC side and HotSync it over as a standalone file (like a PRC or PDB file)
to the Palm. You have to use the Palm Desktop application to convert ASCII text to one or
more Palm memos, and then with a Hot Sync, they will be transferred. The easiest way I
know to do this is to have the Palm Desktop open and on the MEMO page. Click on New to
create a new memo. One at a time, open the file(s) here with an ASCII text editor like
Windows NotePad or Windows Write, highlight all of the text with mouse and/or keyboard,
and hit Ctrl+C to copy it to the Windows Clipboard. Then click on the empty text window
on the right of the Memo screen of Palm Desktop and hit Ctrl+V to paste the text into
place. Then click on the "Apply" button to make it official. Note that depending on
your browser setup, clicking on the links below may bring up the ASCII text in the
browser window instead of offering to save it to disk, in which case you can skip the
use of NotePad or Windows Write -- just highlight the text on the browser's display
screen and copy it to the clipboard.
- The 10 GHz Logger version 3.04vba in native Microsoft
Excel format (2.6 Mb download) or in zip
archive format (549 Kb download) is a fairly sophisticated spreadsheet into which
you can enter your data for the 10 GHz and up Cumulative Contest. It will do most or
all of the calcultions you need. It lacks strict error checking, but the current
version should provide you with a dupe-checked log (even for the "and up" category)
that can be printed out in a format as close to the ARRL forms as I could make it.
Don't be surprised if your computer gives you a dire warning about the file containing
potentially damaging macros. I used Visual Basic for Applications code in the file
for the sake of improved efficiency and accuracy, so you will have to "enable macros"
when asked, in order for it to work properly.
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 Updating... Ċ Jon Platt, Sep 23, 2013, 11:02 AM Ċ Jon Platt, Sep 23, 2013, 11:02 AM
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