[nos-bbs] Callbook lookup with JNOS and FCC data

[Bill Vodall]

> I use an ALIAS link to the UALR (Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock) online
> callsign database server.  mbox alias CALL "telnet callsign.ualr.edu 2000"

Thanks for the note Charles - good to see the ualr system still in operation.

However, I'm looking for a solution to provide services very much like
UALR does...  Something that would be hosted on the local box with
JNOS and not require Internet connectivity.     It won't be hard to
roll our own using UALR and Xastir as examples - I'm just checking to
see if somebody else has already done it.

I'm dreaming of taking this a step further - an Internet connected
station can pick up the daily FCC (DOC, etc) updates - and then share
(multicast) it on the air to other stations that are not Internet
connected...  That should expand easily to other databases with
frequent updates.

73
Bill, WA7NWP


PS.  JNOS is at home and I'm at work - the idea of a dedicated JNOS
RPI in the car is sounding better all the time...

>
>> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 22:50:10 -0800
>> From: Bill Vodall <wa7nwp at gmail.com>
>> To: TAPR xNOS Mailing List <nos-bbs at tapr.org>
>> Subject: [nos-bbs] Callbook lookup with JNOS and FCC data
>>
>> Times have changed since we first started doing JNOS and running
>> callbook lookups.   Somewhere I still have the 5 floppy disks for one
>> of the callbook products.   Today the US and CA data is all available
>> as a minute or two download and take an insignificant amount of data
>> on the available disk resources.   This data can currently be used by
>> Xastir - but has anybody tried it with JNOS?
>>
>> I just re-enabled Finger-  I'd forgotten how powerful it is.  It
>> mentions callbook data and that gave me the idea of using the openly
>> available databases.
>>
>> Thanks again!!!
>> 73
>> Bill, WA7NWP
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