Re: Not too long to go!
Delos,
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Think BIG!...BIGGER!...and you won't miss anything. Milt.
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From: Delos To: 070@... Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 5:44 PM Subject: Re: [070] Not too long to go! Joe, Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang Theory says it's a Clowder of cats...ie, more than one cat. Guess you can tell what I spend my time watching! Just hope I can get the TS2000 back in time to take part in the festivities! Delos / NO8R / #777 On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 7:28 PM, ljl2002@... wrote: Delos, Was that cloudah or chowdah???? Joe KA1PPV #1482 --- On Fri, 6/29/12, Delos Byrne < drbyrne@... <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('drbyrne@...')> > wrote: From: Delos Byrne < drbyrne@... <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('drbyrne@...')> > Subject: Re: [070] Not too long to go! To: " 070@... <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('070@...')> " < 070@... <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('070@...')> > Date: Friday, June 29, 2012, 12:45 PM Yes indeed, Milt...just as soon as I get the TS2000 back from Clif it's "Tally Ho", and no cats will be safe! ( I believe that would be a Clowder of cats)! :-) Delos / NO8R / # 777 Sent from My iPad 3 On Jun 29, 2012, at 10:54 AM, "Milton Garb" < n6mg@... <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('n6mg@...')> > wrote: > Joe, Mike and of course Ivor, Well, without giving away too much > information and maintaining the suspense, I have to say that "WAMSSCL" > would be bigger. Our new award, although not that big is very big! > It's huge! And very "do-able". Anybody can do it. All you need to do > is to get on the air. You'll see. Yep, when Delos gets his radio back > and on the air, he'll chase this one like a bulldog chasing a cat! > Milt. N6MG 070-650 LONP #76 WOTMC Log Checker "???" Boss > ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Flowers To: > 070@... > <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('070@...')> > Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 7:39 AM Subject: RE: [070] not long to go > Hi Joe, > It is indeed – and that’s just grid squares such as CM97. When we get > down to the sub-square level, say CM97bf, there are 24 X 24 = 576 > sub-squares in each grid square and the calculation becomes: > (324 X 100 X 576) X .292 = 5,449,420.8, estimated six-designator grid > squares containing some land. Now given that the grid squares are of > regular geometric shape and the coastlines are essentially fractals, I > would add 10% to this number to account for those sub-squares where a > bit of land might be included in an otherwise empty sub-square. > This would bring my estimate up to 5,994,363 – plus 5,637 for all the > little islands sprinkled around the globe and I’ll say 6 million > sub-squares probably contain some land. > The WAMSSCL ( Worked All Maidenhead Sub-squares Containing Land) > Endorsement? That would be really, really big !! > ;>) > - 73 de Mike, < http://www.qrz.com/db/K6MKF > <http://www.qrz.com/db/K6MKF> > K6MKF, < http://www.qrz.com/db/W6NAG > <http://www.qrz.com/db/W6NAG> > W6NAG, VP < http://www.ncdxc.org/ > <http://www.ncdxc.org/> > NCDXC, < http://www.scdr.org/ > <http://www.scdr.org/> > Dachshund Rescue, < http://www.waiohuli.com/ > <http://www.waiohuli.com/> > Maui > From: 070@... > <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('070@...')> > [mailto: 070@... > <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('070@...')> ] > On Behalf Of ljl2002@... > <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('ljl2002@...')> Sent: > Friday, June 29, 2012 6:33 AM To: 070@... > <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('070@...')> > Subject: Re: [070] not long to go > That's really big Mike. > Joe KA1PPV #1482 > --- On Fri, 6/29/12, Mike Flowers < mike.flowers@... > <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('mike.flowers@...')> > <mailto:mike.flowers%40gmail.com> > wrote: > From: Mike Flowers < mike.flowers@... > <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('mike.flowers@...')> > <mailto:mike.flowers%40gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [070] not long to go > To: " 070@... > <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('070@...')> > <mailto:070%40yahoogroups.com> " < 070@... > <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('070@...')> > <mailto:070%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Friday, June 29, 2012, 12:29 AM > Let's see: 32,400 grid squares (of the CM97 variety), and 29.2% of the > earth's surface is land, so 32,400 X .292 = 9,986.4 squares with land > ... more or less. > -- Mike Flowers, K6MKF From my iPhone4 > On Jun 28, 2012, at 8:35 PM, "Milton Garb" < n6mg@... > <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('n6mg@...')> > <mailto:n6mg%40verizon.net> > wrote: >> Guys, Just out of curiosity, how many grid squares, over land, are >> there? Milt. N6MG 070-650 LONP #76 WOTMC Log Checker "???" Boss >> ----- Original Message ----- From: ljl2002@... >> <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('ljl2002@...')> >> <mailto:ljl2002%40att.net> To: 070@... >> <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('070@...')> >> <mailto:070%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 5:02 PM >> Subject: Re: [070] not long to go >> Ivor, >> No I think that we find out first and youz guys have to wait until it >> goes all the way around again. HI HI HI . >> Maybe we'll all know when the grayline passes the International >> Dateline. I'm still holding out for Maidenheads. >> Toungue really in cheek! >> Best, >> Joe KA1PPV #1482 >> --- On Thu, 6/28/12, ivor peters < m5ply@... >> <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('m5ply@...')> >> <mailto:m5ply%40blueyonder.co.uk> > wrote: >> From: ivor peters < m5ply@... >> <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('m5ply@...')> >> <mailto:m5ply%40blueyonder.co.uk> > Subject: [070] not long to go To: >> 070@... >> <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('070@...')> >> <mailto:070%40yahoogroups.com> Date: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 12:20 >> PM >> m5ply@... >> <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('m5ply@...')> >> <mailto:m5ply%40blueyonder.co.uk> hi pskers. not long for the >> Biiiiiig one now. will the u.k and Europe know first???? I say this >> because of the time differents. it will be midnight here, but not in >> the u.s.a. so will members how live in this part of the world, get >> emails of the Biiig event hi hi. tongue in cheek. 73 ivor m5ply 0292. >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] <javascript:parent.wgMail.openComposeWindow('m5ply@...')> <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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