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Old 03-23-10, 09:55 AM   #1
frau kaleun
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Originally Posted by maillemaker View Post
What does this mean? I've seen this in some radio traffic also.

I've always seen grids called out as AM37, or BF27. What is it with the 4 digits?

Steve
In RL a further subdivision of the grid was used, to create even smaller areas of operation/location. BF1414 refers, IIRC, to sector 4 in sector 1 of quadrant 14 of grid square BF.

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