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

[Steve - AA4U]

Rick,

Good luck finding an existing FREE service.

If only I was a programmer...

The raw data is FREE from our FCC for stateside callsigns and other 
sources  for the rest of the world. If only someone could write a small 
front-end program that pulls the Name & QTH information, much like the 
US Database lookup inside DXSpider.

73, Steve - AA4U


On 6/18/2011 6:40 PM, Ricardo Suarez wrote:
> I have no intention to pay AA7BQ for share personal data.... I not ask 
> users pay money for access to my dxcluster node, then I begin to 
> search for another, free,  source of callsign information.
>
> Regards
>
> Rick LU9DA
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony (N2KI)" <n2ki at hvc.rr.com>
> To: "'The DXSpider Support list'" <dxspider-support at dxcluster.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 10:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dxspider-support] LU9DA-6 and QRZ.COM
>
>
> 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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