{"id":330,"date":"2024-05-31T13:45:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-31T02:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vk3xem.net\/?p=330"},"modified":"2024-05-31T13:45:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-31T02:45:46","slug":"the-acma-non-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vk3xem.net\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"The ACMA NON-DATABASE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since the introduction of the Australian Amateur Radio Class Licence by the ACMA, Amateur Radio callsigns are being removed from the RRL database and moved the new NON-DATABASE that only shows if a callsign has been allocated and what level of licence it is issued to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"906\" height=\"231\" src=\"https:\/\/vk3xem.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-331\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>BULLSHIT Privacy concerns were the excuse given for having no details on the new NON-DATABASE.  Not even a first name is on this poor excuse dreamed up by the ACMA.<br><br>Here is where this becomes a problem for many Amateurs that use logging software, most of which scrapped the RRL database to fill in most of the fields when a callsign was entered.  This is no longer possible unless you pay QRZ $55 a year and HOPE that Australian Amateurs have opted in to QRZ.<br><br>I for one use logging software to run the Welfare Net and up until now when I entered the callsign into the software it would show me the operator&#8217;s name, making it possible for me to give a more professional and personal on air response.<br><br>What is so secret about an operator&#8217;s FIRST NAME, this PRIVACY GARBAGE is because we always use our callsign and first name on air anyway. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the introduction of the Australian Amateur Radio Class Licence by the ACMA, Amateur Radio callsigns are being removed from the RRL database and moved the new NON-DATABASE that only shows if a callsign has been allocated and what level of licence it is issued to. BULLSHIT Privacy concerns were the excuse given for having [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vk3xem.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vk3xem.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vk3xem.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vk3xem.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vk3xem.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vk3xem.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/www.vk3xem.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vk3xem.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vk3xem.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vk3xem.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}