I would suggest letting someone on the QRZ.COM staff be aware of this
unintended consequence.
There may be an easy fix. If there is, it may only take someone asking nicely
to fix it.
73, ron w3wn
-----Original Message-----
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr@gmail.com>
To: john@kk9a.com; reflector cq-contest <CQ-Contest@Contesting.COM>
Sent: Mon, Nov 14, 2022 12:26 pm
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Who is OL7D?
That's what happens - it appears that when no grid square is present in
its database, QRZ sends AA0aa, which is in Antarctica. Obviously we
need to fix this, because while not having a grid on QRZ's Details page
is rare, it is not unheard of. I think we should default to the center
of the country or call area (for large countries)denoted by the
callsign. I have written to a couple of guys who may be associated with
OL7D.
73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
web server at<https://reversebeacon.net>.
For spots, please use your favorite
"retail" DX cluster.
On 11/13/2022 10:35 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
> What happens to the RBN when there is no QRZ listing for a particular
> callsign? Clearly OL7D is somewhere in the Czech Republic and not
> Antarctica.
>
> John KK9A
>
>
> Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
>
> Can someone tell me how to get in contact with this station, active this
> weekend in WAE RTTY? The station's QRZ entry lacks the Detail Page,
> which means that all of their spots on the RBN are being mapped to
> Antarctica at 0 degrees longitude. I assume they would prefer this is
> not the case.
>
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