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Description of the process downloading data and restrictions applicable on QRZ.com

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Access to such a large database which is a database of address and other information about the world of amateur stations is limited. Is restricted due to limited bandwidth access and access policy used by webmasters server We must be aware of these limitations.

Database of amateur stations from lookup server  contains the following data for amateur stations:

1st Block - Address

1. Station callsign

2. Name the station operator

3 .Adres station in 2 lines

4 .QTH   station - from version 2.0.8 QTH phrase might be multiworld QTH - ie can contain any number of words, eg Piekary Slaskie

5. Name of the country in which the station is

6. E-mail - available only when the mouse moves over the field of e-mail. This is a protection against downloading an address in an automatic way by the programs-robots, and then to send spam advertising of these stations .  For a server HAMQTH.COM is possible to obtain this address  automatically

7. Photo station operator that loaded the amateur station.

8. Viewed a number of times the station data  - so Lookups

 

2 nd  Block  - Biography Description  stations .

1. Biographical description  how loaded the station operator

 

3. Blok Detail

1.Callsign station  administrating data station - it's the beginning station callsign that this  data is introduced and next callsign station when this station  has established an account at QRZ.COM .
2.Date the last update data  of the station
3.Latitude - latitude station
4.Longitude - longitude Station
5.Grid Locator Square station in the form of 6 character like JO90hg
6.U.S. State - State - for the U.S. or Canada
7.US County - County to the U.S. or Canada
8.Web Page - a link to a web page if the station has its own page www.pol QSL_via
9.Field QSL_Info - QSL_Via how to send QSL card. It is the most important field in the data about the station. This field should contain only the following information:  
Field blank - means and the card has to go through the QSL Bureau
Callsign  QSL Manager e.g W3IKH eg QSL Manager   Golf QSL_Via QSL Manager
Word DIRECT
Word DIRECT + Callsign QSL Manager eg DIRECT QSL Manager W3IKH

This field is manually entered by user on QRZ.COM , however, and therefore includes many incorrect and inconsistencies in the data. Therefore, this field is not directly suitable for inclusion in the QSL card. Members loggers postulated many times that the loggers  programs solve this problem .  My program  BUREAU_ALL_QRZ_COM program solves this problem by correcting the field QSL_Via described in the chapter. Corrected value of this field is  enter to  the field QSL_Via Logger32 giving directly to the place it on the QSL card

 

Users have reported the need to send to the field QSL_Via other data such as the Polish station numbering bureau QSL .example No .50 and for other stations such as Via RSBG Bureau.  So I introduced the ability to send this  data to the field QSL_Via in Logger32. I myself am against sending such data to Logger32 since this makes  badly QSL  cards sorting for QSLManager. QSL_Via is used also  for sorting . Especially if you apply my comprehensive program HAM_SECRETARY for print QSL cards, labels, envelopes with address collection from QRZ.COM. Field QSL_Via in this program is also used to sort the order of printing QSL cards. But hey - the client our Lord. For example we  obtain such. window for the station FG8NY

Windows what you get for
station FG8NY

For this the user can click in the field , FieldQSL_Via from server and receive

 

Moving field QSL Via withot
correction  to Logger32

10. QSL box by Mail? (Traditional)-Contains the word Yes - if you can send QSL card via the traditional - ie direct. If it contains the word No then this route of transmission is not available for some local reason

11. Field to eQSL QSL? may contain the word Yes or No

12 .Field Use LOTW ? may contain the word Yes if the station is registered in LOTW or No  if the station does not use LOTW . It should be noted that the field of 10 to 12 may be blank if the user has not chosen these fields

13 . Other Callsigns - other callsign that have a station or have had in the past

14 . Map of the location of the station to the selected position .

 

Configuration of data that are sent to the logger and language selection is made at the window by pressing button   . This brings us to the window

Winow for configuration

These fields do not require any special description. Only two things are important here

change the language in which the program operates. When you change the language, the change will be do effective immediately - ie if  you change the language then immediately    subtitles will be changing  without leaving the program BUREAU_ALL_QRZ_COM_FI.exe and restart

In the version of the program from v 2.2.3 I was add a French language thank to the work station of  F6FLU - Daniel. Many thanks to him for that

Fields such as Exactly_English, Exaclty_polish, Exactly_French are used to select the language for users whose Windows  give other codes than standard eg FRENCH-Belgium, French-Canada, etc.

Change server to another takes place immediately without leaving the program BUREAU_ALL_QRZ_COM_FI.exe. New data from the new server will be displayed immediately
change the language in which the program operates. When you change the language, the change will be do effective immediately - ie if  you change the language then imiediatly    subtitles will be changing  without leaving the program BUREAU_ALL_QRZ_COM_FI.exe and restart
Must be made mandatory enter field your callsign and it must be write correctly according to the rules prefix and suffiks .

 

Discussed above, if the fields are provided in standard ADIF fields is transfer to  the fields currently being conducted QSO. These fields need not even be selected in the window OPERATOR - the main window of data entry.  For this to be aware that such fields such as ZIP. Old Call, Web Page, QSL fields by (three boxes) do not fall for  to a Logger32, because there are not provided

Collecting data by selecting the station:

when you click on the callsign stations on the spot, ie bandmap's or DX Spot Map or in the DX-Spots window when you click on the sign in the window,
when you click on the callsign stations on  the receiving station in a  digital emissions window
after the enter  manually callsign  of the station in the field CALL in a  window OPERATOR in the basic data entry window. From this that here there is a rule that after  change even one letter or number (deletion or addition) in the window SP9AUV - Lookup - QSL_Via  program  reset all fields and there are appear   blink  string  Press TAB  SPACE ESC or mouse after completing the callsign. You can also press any function key F1 to F12. You can also can click the mouse on any window Logger32 - not only in the program window. You must  to tell program that the callsign is full, otherwise how the program is to know about the end of characters? . For the lazy or not  familiar operators introduced  possibility, that after a certain period of inactivity since the introduction of the last letters  the program itself will begin the process of downloading data  from the server. By default this parameter is set to 4000 msec, but you can change it by pressing button CONFIG

 

Window for set parametr for begin
lookup server in a manually entered
callsign

 

Window indicating the need
press the TAB or ESC or SPACE
or click mouse after completing
the callsign

After the initial introduction of the prefix and selecting it from the drop down menu with the mouse from list of station had already been  do previously QSO

 

 

Description of the process of downloading data

Why do I want to give users the knowledge on the subject. Apparently you are not interested in such knowledge. It turns out that this knowledge will help in taking action when there are problems with downloading this data, or a long wait for the data.
As I said above,  the fastest is downloading data from QRZ.COM in XML format - it has the highest priority at QRZ.COM. However, this is a paid service.
Program BUREAU_ALL_QRZ_COM_FI.exe  download data in a text  format with very fast downloading of the data. Here are a few observations in the downlink in  HTTP protocol what use  browser also a mini-browsers  build into program .  When downloading data over HTTP we need to know the following circumstances:.
QRZ.COM server  use designated by the webmasters themselves policy priorities. Since for the program is not a problem to determine which browser is using by a computer that gets its web page. I noticed that the prosecution through a browser such as Firefox data from the qrz.com appear much earlier than for those mini-browser built on a ready-made components of the WebBrowser.
It should also be aware that such a server as QRZ.COM is quite heavily loaded. In the Internet, each packet has determined time the packet reaches its destination - the so-called Time-to-live . If this time is exceeded packet is simply reset by  the router which recognize . Unlike the Internet will  to rapidly clogged by circulating a package. It can happen so that our request to provide data for some stations do not reach the goal. It may also happen that only part shall drag the initial data, while the rest of the packets will be cut because of exceeding the time Time-to-live.

 

In this case, as above we should check whether we have the Internet - for example in the DOS window (cmd) issue the command

Ping wp.pl

pinging qrz.com  the server does not make sense - because the service is disabled on the server qrz.com