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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:51:14 -0400
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You have to be logged in to look anything up now.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: QRZ.com


> Edward:
>
> Thanks for reminding me of a very important detail that I had forgotten in
> my previous posts.
>
> I am a qrz.com member, and use my member log-in whenever looking up a 
> call.
>
> Again, sorry about the ommission.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Edward alonzo (KE5KRI)" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 2:23 PM
> Subject: Re: QRZ.com
>
>
>> Hello Tom:
>> i also had trouble with qrz. it seems that you have to have an account =
>> to access any callsign data now.
>> If, however you use an iPhone there is a very good app called callsign =
>> that you can use to look up call signs.
>>
>> On Aug 23, 2013, at 1:19 PM, John Miller <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> I still use qrz and don't find it as bad as everyone else does for
>> some=20=
>>
>> reason.
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> 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.
>>>=20
>>> I was just looking up a call on qrz.com, and was dismayed to find 
>>> the=20=
>>
>>> search
>>> function and resultant information for a given call is less
>>> accessible=20=
>>
>>> than
>>> it has ever been.
>>>=20
>>> It does not seem as easy to get to the QRZ look-up as it once was,
>>> and=20=
>>
>>> even
>>> when there, it is more difficult to access different pieces of =
>> information
>>> for a given call sign.
>>>=20
>>> I know that wm7d has been suggested as another alternative, and may =
>> now
>>> start using that web site exclusively for call sign lookups.
>>>=20
>>> Has anyone had similar recent experience with qrz.com??
>>>=20
>>> I am using Jaws 13 and Windows XP on this particular computer.
>>>=20
>>> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>=20
>> 

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