callbook

Overview ¶

callbook retrieves information about a given callsign from hamqth.com and qrz.com and prints this information. It can also calculate the distance and azimuth from an optionally given maidenhead locator to the retrieved location of the callsign.

USAGE

callbook <callsign> [locator]

EXAMPLE

> callbook aa7bq em12af

HamQTH.com
==========
Callsign AA7BQ
Name: Fred
QTH: United States
Country: United States
CQ: 3
ITU: 6
Time Offset: UTC+7.0
Locator: DM43
Lat/Lon: (33.66000N, 111.87000W)
Distance: 1306.9km
Azimuth: 280.7°

QRZ.com
=======
Callsign AA7BQ
Name: FRED L LLOYD
QTH: United States
Country: United States
CQ: 3
ITU: 6
Time Offset: UTC-7.0
Locator: DM43bq
Lat/Lon: (33.69826N, 111.89150W)
Distance: 1309.1km
Azimuth: 280.9°

CONFIGURATION

callbook expects the hamradio configuration file (~/.config/hamradio/conf.json) to contain
the credentials for hamqth.com and qrz.com. If it can't find the credentials for one
of these sites, it will not try to query the respective site.

The expected JSON structure for the credentials is as follows:

{
	"callbook": {
		"hamqth": {
			"username": "your hamqth.com username",
			"password": "your hamqth.com password"
		},
		"qrz": {
			"username": "your qrz.com username",
			"password": "your qrz.com password"
		},
	}
}