Subj : Other Ham Radio News
To   : All
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Tue Oct 12 2021 02:09:00

  I have been unable to get callsign data updates from hamdata.com
since Oct. 6, 2021. The website had provided the latest callsign data
from the FCC for U.S. Hams, and from Radio Amateurs Of Canada for
Canadian Hams.

  The site has been inaccessible the last several days, so I don't know
if it has crashed, is down for repairs, or something else. I normally
post data on the BBS twice a week, but once a week when there is a
Monday holiday (as there was this week, with the US Columbus Day
Holiday, and the Canadian Thanksgiving Day Holiday).

  I will check later in the week to see if it's back online. At the
present time, I don't know of a similar website, which provided such
a callsign issuance data summary. The QRZ website stopped issuing any
callsign data updates for its callsign CD's several years ago...not to
mention they quit doing the data CD's themselves as well. I may end up
no longer posting such data, unless the site comes back up, or I can
find a replacement.

  The one thing I would post would be the paragraphs that had been
at the top of the file, with information on callsigns, license exam
sessions, etc. -- but this would possibly be posted only on a monthly
basis.

  As a side note, I have the callsign search door that the late Dave
Perry, W0KGU (SK) had done on the BBS; but the data is from 2008. So,
it's obviously way out of date. The door is now basically for purposes
of nostalgia. And, with Dave's passing several years ago, none of his
5 ham radio doors (freeware, requiring a DORINFO1.DEF dropfile, and
without a fossil driver), are being updated.

Daryl Stout, WX4QZ
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