Well I am flabbergasted that anyone at QRZ would be so ill informed to make a comment like that!
Forgetting any other additional features provided by an xml subscription, these are the extra features you can enjoy in Log4OM with and XML subscription.
1. Full lookup information when entering a call sign - e.g. As a ham member you don't even get the grid reference
2. Use of the API Key to allow automatic real time upload to your QRZ logbook
Just make sure that you choose the correct xml subscription, last time I looked it was about US$ 30.00 PA
You could of course say screw them and subscribe to HamQTH or QRZCQ both of which are free and provide full lookup data
Re point 1 in your answer, as far as I can see, that is what the free lookup seems to do. It is this point that I am puzzled about. The XML sub is not cheap and I am just trying to see what I would get for it that would be of current benefit to me. Presently, I am just interested in the ability for the auto filling of log fields and the free service seems to do that FB, so much so I wonder how it could be improved.
I do not have any interest at all in uploading my log at all at the present.
Very best wishes to you, my fellow forum members and the Log4OM team for 2016. I wish you all a happy and healthy new year with enough spare shekels for ham radio treats.
Cheers
Guy
You've never known happiness until you're married; but by then it is too late.
This is the list of information provided by a QRZ xml subscription lookup
call callsign
xref Cross reference: the query callsign that returned this record
aliases Other callsigns that resolve to this record
dxcc DXCC entity ID (country code) for the callsign
fname first name
name last name
addr1 address line 1 (i.e. house # and street)
addr2 address line 2 (i.e, city name)
state state (USA Only)
zip Zip/postal code
country country name for the QSL mailing address
ccode dxcc entity code for the mailing address country
lat lattitude of address (signed decimal) S < 0 > N
lon longitude of address (signed decimal) W < 0 > E
grid grid locator
county county name (USA)
fips FIPS county identifier (USA)
land DXCC country name of the callsign
efdate license effective date (USA)
expdate license expiration date (USA)
p_call previous callsign
class license class
codes license type codes (USA)
qslmgr QSL manager info
email email address
url web page address
u_views QRZ web page views
bio approximate length of the bio HTML in bytes
biodate date of the last bio update
image full URL of the callsign's primary image
imageinfo height:width:size in bytes, of the image file
serial QRZ db serial number
moddate QRZ callsign last modified date
MSA Metro Service Area (USPS)
AreaCode Telephone Area Code (USA)
TimeZone Time Zone (USA)
GMTOffset GMT Time Offset
DST Daylight Saving Time Observed
eqsl Will accept e-qsl (0/1 or blank if unknown)
mqsl Will return paper QSL (0/1 or blank if unknown)
cqzone CQ Zone identifier
ituzone ITU Zone identifier
born operator's year of birth
user User who manages this callsign on QRZ
lotw Will accept LOTW (0/1 or blank if unknown)
iota IOTA Designator (blank if unknown)
geoloc Describes source of lat/long data
If locator is shown with a GREEN color, this information comes from external source (QRZ or Others).
If background is WHITE, the information is related to the COUNTRY CENTER, retrieved from our database
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