Callsign Search Widget Fixed

Posted on 2007.05.19 by admin

If you’re a ham radio operator who uses a Mac, chances are you’ve enjoyed the KC9L callsign search widget, which provides an instant lookup for any US ham operator’s name and address right in your Mac’s Dashboard. If you’re not a ham, you won’t understand how useful this is, and should probably skip to the next post.

Unfortunately, the callsign widget broke around the beginning of May, because of a formatting change on the American Radio Relay League Web site. Worse, KC9L doesn’t seem to have a valid email address in anyone’s records. My Javascript skills are rudimentary, but with a little patience, some luck, and the arrogance of a rank beginner, I was able to fix the thing today. You can download my repaired version here. Now I’ll send an old-fashioned paper letter to KC9L to let him know.

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4 Responses to Callsign Search Widget Fixed

  1. Tim Payne says:
    2007.05.20 at 08:52

    Thanks for fixing the widget!!! I wasn’t sure what was wrong and was beginning to think I had a corrupt widget.

  2. KC9L says:
    2007.05.25 at 15:53

    Got your letter.

    Alan’s fixed version is now the “official” version linked from apple.com and my site, and I also added credit for him as a thank you for fixing the issue and being so nice about it.

    I’m glad Mac users out there are finding it useful!

  3. n3imu says:
    2007.05.25 at 17:06

    Thanks very much for adding my name in lights to the back of the widget, Chris. I just hope it doesn’t give people the mistaken notion that I contributed equally to it. Your new Web site looks very cool, by the way.

  4. KC9HTV says:
    2007.06.15 at 11:30

    Thanks Chris for this cool widget, and thank you Alan for the fix.

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