Are you interested in adding (other downloaders / parsers for) other countries?

[NoseyNick]

Over at vk6flab/contest-logger#20 we have been asking, approximately, "wouldn't it be good if there was a global version of hamcall.dev?".

• You already cover US...
• Canadian calls can be downloaded from https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/amateur-radio-operator-certificate-services/en/downloads
• @vk6flab says "I can see how I could convert the VK data stored by the ACMA into such a thing" (update: a big set of CSVs covering far more than just hams, at https://web.acma.gov.au/rrl-updates/spectra_rrl.zip )
• 3 down, only 100-and-something to go? 😜

[pcunning]

I am more than willing to host a more global collection of callsigns. My priorities in hamcall.dev are

• Free (free to use, cheap to run)
• Fast
• Open

Additionally for my own use the program I wrote will even produce a sql-lite database. That database could also be distributed for easy offline use.

[cjtheham]

@NoseyNick Are you aware of how that Canadian TXT file is generated? Is it made on the spot when you request or is it updated regularly? I wonder because the bottom of the page says last modification is 2017, if it's not auto generated it may be out of date.

If it's a regularly updated listing I don't think it would be too difficult to add, might add some time to the build process slightly but it would likely still remain cheap if 1.5 million files isn't causing problems yet.

[cjtheham]

I started working on a very bare bones version of support for the Canadian calls based on the file you provided (39e898c on my fork). Needs a lot of work but as of that first commit it does download the calls, get callsign name and address in the system, and works with the LoTW lookup.

[cjtheham]

HamCall now supports Canadian callsigns as provided by ISED with the merge of #25.

[vk6flab]

Word of warning, the linked .zip file included in the original ticket by @NoseyNick no longer contains all registered amateur callsigns, because the local regulator, the ACMA, has transitioned amateur radio into a class license and the spectra register only contains actual licenses, some of which are still owned by amateurs, lasting until their personal license expires, at which point their callsign will disappear from that register.

There is an "official" register here: https://www.acma.gov.au/are-you-looking-amateur-call-sign

It only contains the callsign and the associated class of license. There are no personal details and the register often doesn't work.

I have several GB of historic spectra (and its predecessor, radcom) downloads, which I collect to do analysis, but they are of limited use in this application.

[NoseyNick]

Canadian calls...
The page https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/amateur-radio-operator-certificate-services/en/downloads itself claims to be modified 2025-07-15 but I think that's just referring to that page?
The https://apc-cap.ic.gc.ca/datafiles/amateur_delim.zip download seems to be a a zip built on 2025-09-24
... so definitely not often kept up to date, but also not completely ancient / obsolete.
I'll ask 'em 😀

[NoseyNick]

I'll ask 'em 😀

It sounds like one department maintains the Canadian database, and another publishes it, occasionally, when poked. They have been re-poked, so we'll probably get one more update soon, but after that, may be months until next updated again 🤷‍♂️

They also sent me an ever-so-slightly sarcastic link to their job opportunities website if I want to automate it 😜
I admit I am a bit tempted, available immediately, and definitely have the skills! 😇

This hamcall project should presumably check the date regularly, but not bother regenerating this one too often.