[bars] How to find nearby hams

[Christopher Lennon]

I don't think so.  K1VK's address is correct in QRZ.  I just moved my map
spot in QRZ to a nearby wildlife area.  The address remains the same.

Chris

W2BPL
Sent from my phone.

On Mon, Feb 3, 2025, 5:33 PM Neil Hanlon <neil at shrug.pw> wrote:

> more likely this is because they're using the Bedford post office as their
> FCC address.
>
> Sadly in 2025 one must take precautions.
>
> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025, 22:39 Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hmmmm.  Very interesting.  QRZ allows you to place your location on the
>> map.  It seems that many people use that to smudge their locations on QRZ.
>> Thare are a bunch of hams that appear in Bedford Center.  That mask seems
>> to work for QRZ but not for the Find Hams map.
>>
>> Chris
>> W2BPL
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Playing with the QRZ version there are some differences.  My neighbor,
>>> K1VK does not show up on the QRZ map, but he does show up on the Find Hams
>>> map.
>>>
>>> The QRZ map color codes hams who are registered with QRZ vs those who
>>> are not.  That might indicate who is active and who is not.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> W2BPL
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Under the Resources tab click on Grid Mapper.
>>>>
>>>> There may be some way to initialize it where you want.  I usually just
>>>> click there and drag it to where I want to look.  As I said, the Find
>>>> Fellow Hams has a nicer execution.
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>> W2BPL
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM Andy Wallace <soldersmoke01 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Where is that on QRZ?
>>>>> Andy
>>>>> KA1GTT
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 3, 2025, at 3:35 PM, Christopher Lennon <kwaj.speedo at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>>
>>>>> The same function is available in QRZ but this is a nice execution of
>>>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>> It is amazing how many hams are out there.
>>>>>
>>>>> W2BPL
>>>>> Sent from my phone.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025, 9:48 AM Juan Jiménez <k1cpr at bd5.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Holy cow! We're surrounded! Now what? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73,
>>>>>> K1CPR
>>>>>> Juan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Feb 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM Bruce Anderson <w1lusba at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I want to share this website I recently came across.
>>>>>>> Find Fellow Hams Location <https://haminfo.tetranz.com/map>
>>>>>>> Just input your callsign
>>>>>>> It is amazing how many hams are located in our area
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bruce
>>>>>>> W1LUS
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