Quest: Ham geography

About

One of the great joys of ham radio is communicating with people in different places. There are multiple ways to divide up the globe into smaller chunks. In this quest, we’ll explore some of the ways hams have sliced up the global pie, geographically speaking. Each slice has its use in ham radio.

See https://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/maps.php

ITU Regions

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU_Region

ITU region map from https://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/regions.php

ITU Zones

ITU zones map from https://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/ituzone.php

DX Entities

ARRL: http://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes

https://www.ng3k.com/Dxcc/dxcc.html

CQ Zones

CQ Magazine zones map from https://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/cqzone.php

Callsign areas

USA callsign areas from https://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/usa_call_areas.php

ARRL divisions

ARRL divisions map from https://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/arrl_divisions.php

ARRL/RAC sections

ARRL/RAC sections map from https://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/sections_2.php

Summits on the Air

Parks on the Air

Maidenhead Locator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Locator_System#:~:text=The%20Maidenhead%20Locator%20System%20(a.k.a.,was%20limited%20to%20European%20contacts

Maidenhead Locator Map.png
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https://www.levinecentral.com/ham/grid_square.php?Call=K3CR

Latitude/Longitude

Great Circle maps

Great circle map centered on Washington, DC from https://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/maps/great_circle/capital_cities/washington_usa_great_circle_map.php