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Re: QRZ.com
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Steve <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 23 Aug 2013 14:54:53 -0400
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Yeah, it isn't as accessible and you can't get all the associated info that 
you could before unless you log in.

But, I have been happy with wm7d.net's call server.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: QRZ.com


> This is somewhat curious Jim.  Fred Lloyd is a friend of mine, and I will
> ask him if he has gotten many complaints from blind hams attempting to
> lookup callsigns on qrz.com.
>
> Alan
>
> Alan R. Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Jim Gammon
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 11:28 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: QRZ.com
>
> Hi Alan, I also use WindowEyes and have experienced a lot of
> difficulty with qrz.com If there's another site that works well,
> I would just as soon use it.  Jim WA6EKS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan R.  Downing" <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 11:22:43 -0700
> Subject: Re: QRZ.com
>
> Hello Tom, I use qrz.com all the time and don't have any
> difficulty looking
> callsigns up.  I can't imagine why you would be having difficulty
> looking
> callsigns up.  I use Window Eyes, but I wouldn't think that JAWS
> users would
> have problems there.
>
> Best 73
>
>
> Alan R.  Downing
> Phoenix, AZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 10:58 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: QRZ.com
>
> Hi, everyone.
>
> I was just looking up a call on qrz.com, and was dismayed to find
> the search
>
> function and resultant information for a given call is less
> accessible than
> it has ever been.
>
> It does not seem as easy to get to the QRZ look-up as it once
> was, and even
> when there, it is more difficult to access different pieces of
> information
> for a given call sign.
>
> I know that wm7d has been suggested as another alternative, and
> may now
> start using that web site exclusively for call sign lookups.
>
> Has anyone had similar recent experience with qrz.com??
>
> I am using Jaws 13 and Windows XP on this particular computer.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

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