BUCKMASTER .DAT FORMAT
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**October 1998
Added field 213, interest profile (only used on WWW for now)
**October 1997
Added field 211, Vanity eligibilty flag
Added field 212, Fax Number
Added "-" BMCODE; it means "No longer in FCC database"
**April 1997
Added field 210, WWW URL
**April 1996
Added (Q)ST Silent Key to BMCODE, approximate lat/long to most
countries, QSL Manager field, and Mailing Address Country. Also,
thousands of e-mail addresses were added.
File Format
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Records are variable length, and have no CR/LF at end of each line.
The field delimiters are high ASCII codes.
Data is stored in following way; the (181) represents ASCII 181, (182
represents ASCII 182, etc.:
(181)N1BIC(182)A(183)I(184)Jack(185)A(186)Speer(188)6196 Jefferson Highway...
In the above example, note there is no ASCII 187 because there is no
data for that field (suffix). Records could possibly only have a
callsign, name, address, and process date. In that case, only the
necessary codes are present to flag that the data is present. There
will always be callsign, so the record delimiter is ASCII 181.
Make sure you code the part of your program that parses the data to
allow for future data elements that will be added to the end of this
list. That way, any program written to retreive data from HamCall should
never become obsolete.
Here is the exact layout:
ASCII Prefix Data
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181 . . . . . . . . Callsign
182 . . . . . . . . Class (E,A,G,P,T,N for U.S.)
E - Extra
A - Advanced
G - General
P - Tech. Plus
T - Technician
N - Novice
183 . . . . . . . . BmCode
I - U.S. Individual (FCC)
A - Internatational
X - Cross Reference (FCC*)
C - Club (FCC)
M - Military (FCC)
R - RACES (FCC)
D - FCC Delete (FCC)
L - Requested deletion from HamCall
Q - Silent Key, as listed in QST
V - Vanity Callsign (FCC)
Z - Internal use only
- - No longer in FCC database
184 . . . . . . . . First Name
185 . . . . . . . . Middle
186 . . . . . . . . Last
187 . . . . . . . . Suffix
188 . . . . . . . . Street
189 . . . . . . . . Reciprocal Address (not used)
190 . . . . . . . . Alien Address (not used)
191 . . . . . . . . City
192 . . . . . . . . State/Province
193 . . . . . . . . Postal Code
194 . . . . . . . . BirthDate yyyymmdd
195 . . . . . . . . DateFirstIssue yyyymmdd
196 . . . . . . . . ExpirationDate yyyymmdd
197 . . . . . . . . ProcessDate (date of last change) yyyymmdd
198 . . . . . . . . County
199 . . . . . . . . Hours +/- GMT
200 . . . . . . . . Latitude (degrees.decimal degrees)
201 . . . . . . . . Longitude (degrees.decimal degrees)
202 . . . . . . . . Grid Square
203 . . . . . . . . Area Code
204 . . . . . . . . Previous Call
205 . . . . . . . . Previous Class
206 . . . . . . . . Transaction type (FCC designation)
207 . . . . . . . . E-mail address
208 . . . . . . . . QSL Manager
209 . . . . . . . . Mailing Address Country
210 . . . . . . . . URL (WWW Home page)
211 . . . . . . . . Vanity eligibility flag
A - Former primary station holder
B - Close relative of primary station holder
C - Former club station holder
D - Club station with consent of close relative of
former holder
E - Primary station preference list
F - Club station preference list
212 . . . . . . . . Fax Number
213 . . . . . . . . Interest profile (pointers to entries in \HAM0\INTERESTS)