Sam,

Yes, and it is for the end user to decide if they want to use that backend.

73,

--
Dave Slotter, W3DJS <https://www.qrz.com/db/W3DJS>


On Mon, Mar 8, 2021 at 12:44 PM Sam W2JDB <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> You do realize that callbook.info is strictly a USA only call sign lookup.
>
> 73,
>
> Sam W2JDB
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Slotter, W3DJS <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Group
> Moderators <[email protected]>; [email protected]; WSJT software
> development <[email protected]>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 8, 2021 10:13 am
> Subject: [wsjt-devel] ANNOUNCEMENT: update_wsjtx_log.py version 1.1.1
> released
>
> Fellow hams and users of WSJT-X:
>
> I am pleased to announce the creation and immediate availability of
> version 1.1.1 of a Python application to address some of the deficiencies
> of WSJT-X not providing a method to automatically look up callsigns and
> missing grid squares and fill them in.
>
> Changes:
> * Added support for FREE data source callook.info
> * Enhanced session and error handling
>
> This Python application has been successfully tested with Python3 and a
> Raspberry Pi, although may easily be used on other Linux systems with
> Python3. It has not been tested with Mac, but should probably work there as
> well. It has not been tested under Windows.
>
> The script has passed scrutiny by Pylint and Flake8.
>
> *Prerequisites*: Requests and Watchdog Python libraries.
> *Environment variables*: If using QRZ as a data source QRZ_USERNAME and
> QRZ_PASSWORD to be filled in with your authentication tokens from QRZ.
>
> Additional backends such as HamQTH may be added in the future if there is
> demand.
>
> *To use:* download the script, and if using QRZ as a data source, set the
> QRZ_USERNAME and QRZ_PASSWORD environment variables and start up WSJT-X and
> the script. It will run automatically.
>
> CAUTION: do not independently edit the wsjtx_log.adi while this script is
> running, or bad things will happen. This script only works when WSJT-X is
> appending its ADIF log file with new entries, nothing else.
>
> The Python script, update_wsjtx_log.py may be located and downloaded from
> here:
>
> https://github.com/dslotter/ham_radio_scripts/blob/main/update_wsjtx_log.py
>
> --
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