[Logic] QRZ database URL change and fix

[Bill VanAlstyne]

I sent this email just a moment ago to DBA:

"Today, I discovered that the QRZ database was no longer accessible from
LOGic 6 using the URL that you programmed into it -- http://qrz.com/details/
(call). I tried a sample URL string using my own callsign in an IE browser
window, and got a no-server-found response. On a hunch, I added the server
prefix "www." to the URL, and it worked fine. Apparently they have decided
to use the qrz.com domain for protocols other than HTTP, and pushed through
a DNS change today to no longer recognize packets routed to just plain
"qrz.com".

"To fix this, I did a GREP on the files in the LOGIC directory for "qrz.com"
and located /data/web_callbooks.dbf. I opened this file using a shareware
DBF editor and edited the record to include the "www." prefix in the URL,
saved the file, and launched LOGic 6. Callsign lookup via QRZ now works
again.

"You might want to post the fix (or an updated web_callbooks.dbf) ASAP for
those "less enterprising" hams. <vbg> I know a lot of guys use that QRZ
lookup."

73,
Bill / W5WVO




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