10 Apr
2012
10 Apr
'12
7:01 a.m.
Hello,
Thought I'd introduce myself.
I have taken over for as the regional IP coordinator for Wisconsin and
the Upper Peninsula (44.092/16).
I wrote a script to help identify expired callsigns, and have since
removed those entries for my area. This script my be handy to other
coordinators:
http://pastebin.com/d0HFmcG5
I made all attempts to not delete any active domains. If anyone is
experiencing a problem please contact me.
Steve Lampereur, KB9MWR
10 Apr
10 Apr
8:14 a.m.
kb9mwr(a)gmail.com wrote:
I wrote a script to help identify expired callsigns,
and have since
removed those entries for my area. This script my be handy to other
coordinators:
I tried such a script some time ago, but I ran into the problem that the
regulatory
authority now allows people to change their callsign at any time, and publishes
no records of those changes. When I lookup someone by their old callsign, it
just says "Expired" and there is no indication that the same person now has
another
callsign.
This made me reluctant to delete address assignments based on that lookup.
Maybe it is different in the USA?
Rob
11 Apr
11 Apr
12:24 a.m.
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:14:33 +0200, Rob Janssen <pe1chl(a)amsat.org>
wrote:
When I lookup someone by their old callsign, it
just says "Expired" and there is no indication that the same person now has
another
callsign.
This made me reluctant to delete address assignments based on that lookup.
But if the call sign is expired should a reference to it be maintained
in the ampr.org DNS? I'd be inclined to purge expired call signs
rather than let an invalid reference remain in the database.
--
Geoff Joy - ke6qh -
AmprNet IP Address Coordinator for San Bernardino & Riverside Counties.
geoff(a)windomeister.com
7:52 a.m.
Geoff Joy wrote:
When someone notifies me of their changed callsign (or I happen to read or hear about it)
I add the new callsign as the first item on the hosts file line, keeping the old callsign
as a second name. E.g.:
44.137.0.25 pa7rp pa3bba # ruud
When the info is sent to the ampr.org DNS robot, an entry like this is sent as:
pa7rp IN A 44.137.0.25
pa3bba IN CNAME pa7rp
This way, the old callsign can still be looked up and will point to the same station as
the new one.
Just deleting all the expired calls will mean that info about the addresses they have
is lost, and when I finally receive the message about callsign change it has to be
found from archives.
When there would be a way to get the callsign changes from an authoritative source,
I would just apply all changes in the manner shown above and delete all expired calls
for which there is no new assignment.
Rob
When I lookup
someone by their old callsign, it
just says "Expired" and there is no indication that the same person now has
another
callsign.
This made me reluctant to delete address assignments based on that lookup.
But if
the call sign is expired should a reference to it be maintained
in the ampr.org DNS? I'd be inclined to purge expired call signs
rather than let an invalid reference remain in the database.
1:45 a.m.
On Tue, 10 Apr 2012 02:01:56 -0500, kb9mwr(a)gmail.com wrote:
I wrote a script to help identify expired callsigns, and have since
removed those entries for my area. This script my be handy to other
coordinators:
http://pastebin.com/d0HFmcG5
I like it. I tried it for my region and came up with a rather long
list of expired callsigns. A large number of them aren't even listed
in the QRZ or the callook.info databases anymore.
The only problem I see is the cut-off date for the expirations. The
grace period under Part 97.21(b) is 2 years, so while they can't
operate while expired, they can get their callsign back, so deleting
it from the ampr.org DNS before the grace period is expired might mean
more work re-entering it if they renew. As you say, hand checking the
results is definitely in order.
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Rob Janssen