[Dxspider-support] LU9DA-6 and QRZ.COM
Anthony (N2KI)
n2ki at hvc.rr.com
Sat Jun 18 20:34:52 BST 2011
I emailed Fred and asked about the function of QRZ as a subscriber. If you are a subscriber (like myself) your sh/qrz function should work. I make my registered users aware of the fact that the sh/qrz functions works off of my personal subscription. However, non- registered users (I believe) also can use the sh/qrz command.
Anthony (N2KI)
www.n2ki.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Ricardo Suarez" <eleu9da at ciudad.com.ar>
Sender: dxspider-support-bounces at dxcluster.orgDate: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:47:20
To: The DXSpider Support list<dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
Reply-To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] LU9DA-6 and QRZ.COM
Hi, Dirk
this new rules.....
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QRZ Callsign Database Policy Change
Effective today, the QRZ Callsign database is changing the way we serve
callsign data to our web (browser) based users. These changes have been
brought on by a steadily increasing number of automated systems that access
the QRZ data in so-called hidden or stealth mode. Such systems create a
significant load on the QRZ servers and in doing so, deprive ordinary users
of the performance that they deserve.
These robots (or 'bots') come in many forms. Some are designed to scrape
the entire website for every piece of information we have. Others, known as
"log checkers" are programs written by hams that repeatedly query the QRZ
servers while working through lists of 10's of thousands of callsigns, doing
it as rapidly as possible. Finally, some logging programs provide "auto
fill" features that use the QRZ servers in the background to fetch callsign
data as soon as the user types in a callsign.
For the past several years, QRZ has provided an XML Data service that was
specifically designed to serve automated requests such as those described
above. The XML service is an extremely lightweight and flexible system that
places less than 1/10 of the load on our database that a "stealth" callsign
lookup does on our regular pages. In addition, our advertisers are being
deprived of ad exposures by these programs which routinely ignore or discard
all such non-callsign data as they scrape our site.
Today's changes address these issues with a new set of constraints that we
have developed with the goal of providing fast and fair access to all QRZ
users. The following is a summary of what these measures mean:
a.. Callsign data, including name, address, and other QSL and logging
information will be shown only to registered users of QRZ who are logged in
at the time of the request. Guests that have not logged in will still see
the callsign Bio page and pictures, but no callsign information will be
shown.
b.. Registered users who are logged in will see the full detail on
callsign pages.
c.. Ham users, i.e. those whose user name matches a callsign in our
database, are limited to 150 callsign page lookups per day, not including
their own callsign page.
d.. Non-ham users, i.e. users who aren't hams or don't have a username
that matches one of our callsigns, will be limited to 25 callsign lookups
per day.
e.. QRZ subscribers, of any type, are granted unlimited daily access to
the QRZ callsign data.
These limits are designed for fairness and the vast majority of our ham
users will never be affected by them, aside from the new requirement that
you must be logged in to see callsign data. Note as well that when looking
up or viewing your own callsign page that the act does not count against
your daily lookup limit.
We ask for your support in accepting these changes and understanding that
they were necessary in order to maintain the high level of service and
support that our users have grown accustomed to.
Fred Lloyd, AA7BQ
Publisher, QRZ.COM
aa7bq at qrz.com
******
Rick LU9DA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dirk Koopman G1TLH" <gb7tlh at dxcluster.org>
To: "The DXSpider Support list" <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] LU9DA-6 and QRZ.COM
> On 18/06/11 18:37, Ricardo Suarez wrote:
>> Hello all
>>
>> Because the new rules from AA7BQ for the access to qrz.com's database,
>> the node lu9da-6 have blocked the qrz search engine, sh/qrz.
>>
>
> Er... what new rules?
>
>> Maybe in this days (holydays), I work in a new replacement, based in
>> other ham radio callsing database.
>>
>
> Which other databases are there that have the coverage of qrz.com?
>
> Dirk
>
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