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Tom Behler <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 25 Aug 2013 13:14:27 -0400
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John:

Your idea about maximizing the main QRZ.com page is a great one.

I'll give it a try here, once I sort through all of the e-mails that have 
built up since Friday evening.

Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: QRZ.com


> I've used it right along with all versions of windows, all versions of 
> jaws.
> If you start at the top of the page, the first search will be the qrz
> search. Sometimes the tabs are flakey but generally if the page is 
> maximized
> I don't have much problem. I use the site almost daily.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 3:48 PM
> Subject: Re: QRZ.com
>
>
>> John:
>>
>> Well, that's encouraging.
>>
>> I use Jaws 13 with Windows XP on this computer, so if you have any 
>> helpful
>> tips for doing call sign searches and such, please pass them along.
>>
>> For one thing, it seems as though there are two search engines now on 
>> QRZ.
>> One is a google type, and the other is QRZ itself.
>>
>> I often seem to have trouble finding the QRZ search.
>>
>> In addition, for a given call sign, there are tabs such as biography,
>> details, and log a contact with. ... When I locate and hit enter or the
>> space bar on any of those tab fields, I often get nothing, or get a tab
>> field I do not want.
>>
>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 2:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: QRZ.com
>>
>>
>>>I still use qrz and don't find it as bad as everyone else does for some
>>> reason.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 1:57 PM
>>> 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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