[Dxspider-support] LU9DA-6 and QRZ.COM

Anthony (N2KI) n2ki at hvc.rr.com
Sun Jun 19 00:31:00 BST 2011


I have the Premium Subscriber Bundle.  It is $39.95 per year.


Anthony - N2KI
 www.n2ki.com

-----Original Message-----
From: dxspider-support-bounces at dxcluster.org
[mailto:dxspider-support-bounces at dxcluster.org] On Behalf Of Steve - AA4U
Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 7:25 PM
To: dxspider-support at dxcluster.org
Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] LU9DA-6 and QRZ.COM

Anthony,

I have an XML Subscription to QRZ.COM and the service within my DXSpider 
node stopped working. It also stopped within my Logger32 software.

What type of subscription do you have?

73, Steve - AA4U

SysOp: K4ZR

On 6/18/2011 5:16 PM, Anthony (N2KI) wrote:
> It is still functional on my node due to my subscription.
>
>
> Anthony - N2KI
>   www.n2ki.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dxspider-support-bounces at dxcluster.org
> [mailto:dxspider-support-bounces at dxcluster.org] On Behalf Of David
Spoelstra
> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 5:20 PM
> To: The DXSpider Support list
> Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] LU9DA-6 and QRZ.COM
>
> I just tried "sh/qrz n9kt" and I find that the command in no longer
> working on my node and it has been up till now...
> -David, N9KT
>
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Anthony (N2KI)<n2ki at hvc.rr.com>  wrote:
>>   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
>> Sent from BlackBerry
>>
>> -----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.....
>>
>>
>> ***********
>>
>>
>> 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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