Doug wrote:
Well, I can think of a couple. You are down, safely but crashed. You
pick up an airliner on 121.5. Ready to copy, he says. You say N48 34'
26". He says uh, could you give that to me in fssst %^^ north
---***$%^& copy )(*)_*. Last you hear of him.

Pretty lame scenario. Fact is, someone copying your position in a
S&R just going to copy your position and not ask for silly things in
the middle of your transmission.

Personally, I don't really care if this is standardized or not.
Every GPS I've ever known will take either method 1 or 2 (not sure
about 3). The placement of the decimal point makes it instantly clear
what method is being used.

During fire season in the Rockies, I usually get to report at least
one fire per year to Center. I report them in HHMMSS, HHMM.xxx,
(depending on which GPS I'm using), and even VOR radial and distance.
The only resistance I ever encountered was about 5 yrs. ago when the
controller did not want lat./long. coordinates, but insisted on a VOR
radial and distance.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)