How to calculate your IARU Locator Square
Find out what you correct post code is. If you don't know go to www.royalmail .com and register, it is free.
Enter your postcode in to the post code box at www.streetmap.co.uk
At the bottom of the map it will give you your Longitude/Latitude
Go to the Amsat UK website and access their Long/Lat to IARU Locator Converter which will calculate your IARU locator and display it.
If you have Java script enabled on your Browser try the Calculator at the bottom of the page..
WAB Square
To work out your Worked all Britain Square look at the LR reference number given on Streetmap.co.uk.
click on convert coordinates and a Table will be displayed.
In the Table on the left hand column look for the Characters LR next to them you will see a Alpha numeric sequence similar to this one SU507670
The Worked all Britain reference is formed by the Two Letters and the first and forth numbers.
In this case the WAB Square will be SU56
Locator calculator
Need to
know your IARU locator? Use this simple online utility to quickly find
it by entering the National Grid Reference for your location and clicking
"Calculate".
This calculator works for all locations in the United Kingdom.
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to IARU Locator |
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You can find the National Grid Reference for the location, correct to 100m, from a suitable Ordnance Survey map, such as the Landranger 1:50,000 series. Each map includes instructions for reading the grid reference from the map. See also the Ordnance Survey Web site.
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NGR-to-Locator calculator written by Neill Taylor, G4HLX. Based on algorithms developed for SPOT for the ZX Spectrum, 1985. (c) 1985,1999 N.P. Taylor |