Thanks for the pointer. I've written the first half of the Google App
Engine callsign server.
It takes in data and stores is in the database, and serves it out in an
XML format similar to QRZ.com format.
If we can get free GAE hosting it should be a win for all.
Leigh/WA5ZNU
> HamCall Search is another possibility.
> He uses MySQL and the FCC database is downloaded
> for the data. See it at
> http://n7yg.com/hamcall/hamcall.html
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU
> <Leigh at wa5znu.org> wrote:
>
>> Nate,
>> Do you think you could get WM7D to host a short Perl, PHP, or Python
>> script accessible over HTTP (not necessarily port 80)?
>> I'd even be willing to write the script. I'm boggled a bit about why
>> it's still available only using telnet.
>>
>> The WM7D data seems to be better than just the ULS data having email,
>> website, and grid square.
>> Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have (at least in my tests) any non-US
>> calls.
>>
>> For just the ULS data I'd say it'd be easier to write a Google App
>> Engine app that periodically downloads the FCC updates and serves up the
>> requests. Geocoding would be useful; there's a Yahoo rest API for it but
>> I believe it's limited to 1000 queries per day for the free license key.
>>
>> Leigh/WA5ZNU
>>
>>> I don't know if the developers are aware of MArk's site being
>>> accessable via telnet:
>>>
>>> http://www.wm7d.net/fcc_uls/telnet.shtml
>>>
>>> Might be worth looking into for a free callsign server.
>>>
>>> 73, de Nate >>
>>>
>>>
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