[EAS] ETRS - Form 1 - Can't fix coordinates

[Tim Stoffel]

Thanks, Jim for the suggestion!

When I logged in today to attempt to correct the coordinates, I discovered the form had automagically fixed itself, and I was able to edit the coordinates. In fact, I found a different pattern of editable and uneditable fields.

The link you provided was exceptionally useful. Of everything I worked with in this little project, I found the coordinates generated by this page to be the most consistent and accurate of anything I worked with. This will come in handy for other things besides ETRS.

In general though, I did not find any two references that exactly matched. I found some that came extremely close. The aforementioned site gave coordinates that were very close (within a few meters) to the surveyed coordinates we obtained for our tower from a professional surveyor. All sites gave reasonably accurate numbers, close enough I could identify the coordinate system used (and well within the FCC 3 second tolerance for error). I guess when you think of it, the exact coordinates of any spot on earth are subject to a whole passel of errors. And any requirement by any governmental entity that coordinates given be *exact* is about as obtainable as the perfect safety they also expect of all human endeavors.

Tim Stoffel

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-----Original Message-----
From: EAS [mailto:eas-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Jim (Aj) Ward

This link may help: http://tagis.dep.wv.gov/convert/

Found coordinates on copy of license were not in the requested NAD83 format.  Used site of the above link, ensuring 'output coordinates' 
drop-down selection was on 'Lat/Lon NAD83'. find and mark transmitter location... copy and paste the appropriate sections shown in 'output coordinates' to blanks on Form One. Voila!

Update:  My frustration relayed yesterday is over - FCC managed to get our Call Sign in the options late this afternoon and Form One is now submitted!!!