What's New in QRZ Version 13

Greetings and welcome to the 13th edition of the

QRZ Ham Radio CDROM.

Our Email Address Database just keeps growing:

The QRZ e-mail database continues to grow. We now have over 146,000 email addresses on file, the largest collection of its kind in the world. If you’re on the World Wide Web and would like to visit our online system, check out http://www.qrz.com

The QRZ WWW server has the most up-to-date callsign information available and is updated daily from the official FCC files.  There is also a daily updated listing of all the unused 1x2 and 2x1 calls, which can be used to select a vanity callsign.

Even if you only have email access to the internet you can get your added to the QRZ callsign database for free.  All you have to do is send an email message to: updates@qrz.com.  If you leave the rest of your email blank, the QRZ server will return an instruction sheet that explains how the server is used. If you’re in a hurry and you just want to add or update your existing email address, just send a one-line message to updates@qrz.com which looks like the following:

qrz_email   X0XXX   your_email@ddress

Just replace “X0XXX” with your callsign and “your_email@address” with your correct email address and we’ll take care of the rest. You will receive an automated reply informing you that your update has been received.

Over 6500 Digital QSL Card Images

The digital image collection continues to grow as well.  This edition brings you over 6500 digital QSL card images. All images are instantly available as you browse through the main callsign database.  You’ll find a new menu item (View->Images) which you can use to view the digital QSL cards (or other images) while running QRZ.

It’s easy to add your favorite photo, QSL card or other image to the next QRZ CDROM and have it associated with your callsign using any of the methods below.  Your image should measure approximately 400x300 pixels and be in the JPEG (.jpg) format.  The easiest way to send us your picture is via email, as an attachment.  Send your image to:

editor@qrz.com

You can then send it to us over the Internet by using anonymous FTP at:

ftp://ftp.qrz.com/tmp

You can also mail us your image on floppy disk.  We prefer the .JPG image format and will convert your image to .JPG format if necessary.  We reserve the right to reject any image that we feel is inappropriate, of poor quality or otherwise not suitable as determined by the editor.

If you would like us to digitize your card on our 24-bit flat bed scanner (at no charge), just mail it to:

QRZ Digital Image Repository,

8711 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd. #159

Scottsdale, AZ  85255   USA

Your card, floppy, photo, etc., will not normally be returned to you.  If you must have your copy back, then please include a self addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with your letter.  Scanning at QRZ is generally done in batches so it may be a few weeks before it appears on the Internet and several months before it appears on the next CDROM.

Callsign Database Updates

The QRZ web server is updated each day from the FCC’s master files. The CDROM data is taken from the QRZ server just before the CD goes to print (typically the month before the title data).

We now have listings from USA, Australia, Austria, Canada, Mexico, UK, Italy, Turkey, Monaco, Brazil, Portugal, Cuba, and miscellaneous listings from everywhere.  Since the introduction of our online DX callsign registration form, we’ve begun to take on hundreds of new, exotic callsigns each month.  We’re still looking for more DX callsign databases, and you could qualify for a free subscription to QRZ for helping us obtain more countries.  For more info contact the author at: aa7bq@qrz.com.

Note: Neither QRZ or Walnut Creek CDROM edits or updates the FCC callsign data.  If the U.S. information contained in the QRZ Ham Radio CDROM is incorrect for any US callsign, any necessary corrections must be done directly with the FCC.  The easiest way to do this is to fill out a Form 610 and send it to the FCC.  The master database at QRZ  (http://www.qrz.com) is updated every day with fresh FCC information.

QRZ on the Internet

http://www.qrz.com always comes as one of the first hits when you search InfoSeek for ‘callsign’.  Over 2,000,000 folks have visited the QRZ Web Site which is now in its seventh year of operation.

http://www.qrz.com also provides a point and click interface for our complete anonymous FTP server, our online catalog as well as the master copy of the QRZ Callsign Database (with online digital image display), an online email registration form, and an online DX callsign entry form.

Thanks for buying QRZ and hope to hear you on the air!

73,  -fred   AA7BQ