How accurate a location would be required. A chaser gives a location as a town for instance which it would be possible to work out the locator square for, is that ok. For a large town it may cover multiple locators. A mobile station (ok unlikely on SSB/CW) says something like “Junction 25 of the M6” which is very specific can I use google maps to convert that.
I think I know the answer is “its not a contest, so use of best judgement is required etc” and I’m guessing that most SSB and CW operators on those bands will know their locator square but just wanted to be pedantic. One of my friends works me and doesn’t give his locator, but I know he is at home and I know the locator square off by heart, is that using other sources (my brain)?
These may sound like silly questions but when you don’t get out much and very unlikely to even be on page 1 of any honor roll, the addition of even a few points could be a bonus. Its going to add a new dimension to the 433alive days too , so that’s a good thing and I can see a boost for the 144 alive now that they’ve added an SSB section (vertical SSB from what I understand).
Time to dig the 9 element tonna from the garage 