[Logic] RADIO AMATEUR CALLBOOK CEASING PUBLICATION IN NOVEMBER

[C.M. Christensen]

rtdevine wrote:
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> Dennis:
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> With the following information will it be possible to interface QRZ or
> Buckmaster or the WEB to show the county when you log. The callbook
> interfaces great but the others to date do not. When using them you have
> to manually put it in whereas with the callbook it is automatic. Is
> there a logform available that will do this in the other callbook
> programs. It is a nice feature while tracking awards for counties.
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> Bob  KC6AWX
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> >From the ARRL webnews in brief:
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> The end of the line for Radio Amateur Callbook: Radio Amateur
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> Callbook is throwing in the towel and will cease publication of its
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> CD-ROM Callbook product effective with its winter 2003 edition, which
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> will come out in November. "Due to accessibility to the FCC database
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> via the Internet, sales have declined to levels that make it
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> unprofitable to publish future editions," publisher Bob Hughes
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> announced in a recent news release. In 1997, citing "rising costs and
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> increasing demand for electronic publishing" the company phased out
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> its telephone-book-size paper North American and international
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> editions in favor of its CD-ROM product. The 1997 Callbook--the 75th
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> edition--was the last hard-copy version available. The Callbook began
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> publishing in 1920.
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> Bob
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Bob,
If you have been using RAC I suggest you go back and check the
information with QRZ or Buckmaster. I have used RAC for many years and
have always purchased their CD for use with Logic. The 2002 edition,
however, is next to useless. It contains numerous incorrect address,
partial addresses, glaring typos and other huge mistakes along with
numerous omissions. It obviously has not been updated, or if it was
updated, it was messed up even worse. I had to stop using it because the
addresses rarely agreed with any other source and after further checking
RAC was always the one in error. It is disappointing to say the least to
purchase a product like this after so many years of exceptionally fine
service. I don't keep track of the counties so don't know where to point
you in regard to that problem
73,
Chris, AC�M