[Boatanchors] Re ARRL Call Book Service A Myth

[peter A Markavage]

Hey Duane:
I'm wondering if I lost some mail here or I'm just getting old and fuzzy.
I can't find any e-mails in my inbox or up on the QSL archives where we
talked about ARRL database of call books. I checked boatanchors,
hallicrafters, hammarlund, and heathkit archives. The only info I saw was
when you requested the info for the person and then a later mail that the
info was found. Have I gone over the edge?

Pete, WA2CWA

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 17:44:00 -0400 "Duane Fischer, W8DBF"
<dfischer at usol.com> writes:
> 
>         
> What follows is quoted from Perry Green of the ARRL:         
>         
> Duane,  Thanks for inquiring of the ARRL assistance in your call 
> sign search.  
> However, there may be some assumptions that you have that are not 
> true.  First,
> there is no callbook database maintained anymore. I believe the last 
> database
> using Callbook data was in 1997.  The ARRL does not, nor ever did, 
> have any
> control or maintenance with the Callbook firm.  The ARRL's callsign 
> look-up (as
> well as QRZ.com and other call sign servers) glean their information 
> from the
> FCC's database.   www.qrz.com <http://www.qrz.com> does maintain a 
> database from
> 1993. See: http://www.qrz.com/search1993.html                 
>         
> The FCC has N/C records from 1969 to date.         
>         
> So all of this business about using the ARRL database of call books 
> to look up
> the call sign I wanted for 1967, not available for either the ARRL 
> or the FCC.        
>         
> There are services who will look them up for a fee. There is one I 
> have learned
> of on-line that accepts donations. But it is not available through 
> the ARRL
> gentlemen, so let's put that myth to rest. 

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