• CallsignLookupService

The call sign look up service is an XML feed for remote applications to query amateur radio licensing databases. Updates are made to the database nightly.

Current Features

It is presently in beta form. It supports:

• Specific callsign lookup
• Searching by first and last name
• Canadian and American licensing

Future Features

Future features:

• International licensing
• Club associations

If there's something you'd like it to do, please indicate so here.

Accessing

The feed address is http://www.bcwireless.net/xmlrpc/callsign.php. Below is a table of GET or POST parameters:

To use the feed, you will need an RemoteApplicationKey.

QRZ access

If you have a QRZ Online account you may specify your QRZ username and password to retrieve QRZ information about the callsign.

Returned data

The returned feed looks like this:

<results>
 <database>
  <lastupdated>2008-07-09 01:19:17</lastupdated>
  <totalrows>64755</totalrows>
  <totalsize>6322888</totalsize>
  <foo>42</foo>
 </database>
 <found>true</found>
 <resultcount>1</resultcount>

 <records>
  <record idx="60153">
   <callsign>VE7FOOBAR</callsign>
   <first_name>John</first_name>
   <last_name>Smith</last_name>
   <street_1>1234 Some Street</street_1>
   <city>Some City</city>
   <postal>H0H 0H0</postal>
   <province>BC</province>
   <country>Canada</country>
   <qual_basic>true</qual_basic>
   <qual_advanced>false</qual_advanced>
   <qual_morse>true</qual_morse>
   <club>
        <name>The Club Name</name>
        <name_2></name_2>
        <address>1234 Some Street</address>
        <city>City</city>
        <province>BC</province>
        <postal>H0H 0H0</postal>
        <country>Canada</country>
   </club>
   <irlp>
        <node id="1234">
             <owner>VE?ABC</owner>
             <city>Some City</city>
             <country>Name of Country</country>
             <status>IDLE</status>
             <latitude></latitude>
             <longitude></longitude>
             <lastupdate_t>1217359270</lastupdate_t>
             <lastupdate_r>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:21:10 -0700</lastupdate_r>
             <frequency>123.444</frequency>
             <offset>0.600</offset>
             <pl></pl>
             <avrs_status>O</avrs_status>
         </node>
    </irlp>
    <qrz serial="1234">
        <email>email@address</email>
        <website>http://www.website.com</website>
        <latitude></latitude>
        <longitude></longitude>
    </qrz>
  </record>
 </records>
</results>

The database element includes information about when the database was last updated, and total size.

The found element indicates whether the query was succesful or not. Errors are returned in a seperate errors element.

Each record is returned within a record element.

Getting help

Contact MatthewAsham or drop by our IrcChannel

CategoryAmateurRadio