[DXBase] QRZ, RAC or Buckmaster?

[Peter Dougherty]

>Any opinions on which of these 3 CDRom callbooks is the best choice to use
>with DXBase2003?  I am using RAC, but its about 2 years out of date, other
>than that it seems to be ok.  From their web pages it looks like Buck is
>updated monthly, while the others are updated perhaps yearly.

Although I've never used RAC, I have purchased both QRZ and Buckmaster. 
Buck is the better of the two, by far. When you purchase the Buck CD you 
get six months of online updates, and I've always found their information 
to be more complete than QRZ. That said, I wish it were easier to query 
their database for things like partial callsigns (let's say I want a list 
of any G3's with a last name of Smith), but other than that, I have no 
complaints whatsoever. If you buy it on their "auction" site you can get it 
for around $30. I will re-up when mine expires next month.



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Peter Dougherty

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