10 Apr
2012
10 Apr
'12
noon
kb9mwr(a)gmail.com wrote:
It isn't meant as an automated tool. It was to aide me in lookup of
calls. It outputs a list of invalid calls, which I manually reviewed.
Well, that is what I did as well. I ran a script and generated a mail message for
the amprnet robot that I edited and sent. But that was before that change in
the callsign assignment.
Here in the US, when you lookup a call that has been changed, the
databases reference that. ex:
http://callook.info/n9nof
That looks like a lot more convenient.
What you describe sounds like a headache to keep track of.
Well, what we have is stringent laws on "privacy". So, it is not allowed to
publish
personal data like name and address when looking up by callsign on an open Internet
service. So, we get only license class and expiration date returned when checking
a callsign at the local authority.
When someone changes callsign and/or license class, we only see an entry that
expired, and a new entry can only be found when the new call is known.
Sure it is a pain. Even the QSL bureau does not get this info, they have to rely on
people reporting their callsign change to the bureau in order to route the cards.
(a small advertisement appears in the club magazine to remind people of that)
One could lookup in QRZ.COM instead of the authority, but their info is kept uptodate
only on manual action, so expired calls often remain there.
Rob