fcc.sources FCCFIL.TXT /pub/hamradio/docs/misc Hamnet Lib 2 oak.oakland.edu CompuServe [mulligan@acm.org] [70035,140] April 1994 Sources of the FCC Master File -------------------------------- Superintendent of Documents orders (202) 783-3238 U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402. The FCC rules and regulations are available as Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations (47 CFR). The five volumes cost from $12 to $20 each and are revised annually. Volume 1 (Parts 0 to 19) includes the 90-page Table of Frequency Allocations. Volume 5 (Parts 80 to End) covers the various mobile services. The GPO operates bookstores in major cities. {--- --} U.S. Department of Commerce orders (703) 487-4600 National Technical Information Service rush (800) 553-NTIS 5285 Port Royal Road Fax (703) 321-8547 Springfield, VA 22161 Supplies the Master Frequency File, subsets and indexes, on microfiche and 9-track magnetic tape. The State Index microfiche is ~$55 and includes frequency, name, city, state, call sign and service code. All the mag tape files cost more than $1000. NTIS has catalog extracts available describing the various FCC files, formats and prices (ask for PR-718-2 and PR-781-1). {Oct 93} ITS - International Transcription Service (202) 857-3800 1919 M Street, room 246 Washington, DC. 20554 Government copy contractor providing online access to FCC Data. V.32/V.42bis, 9600 baud @ $100/hr, 2400 @ $50/hr. SQL Access is also available online. Searches can be performed and data downloaded in batch via Kermit. Custom Searches are availble with results on disk, tape, or paper; cost varies by search ($1000.00++) [Feedback: not for the hobbyist!] {Oct 93} Grove Enterprises, Inc orders (800) 438-8155 P.O. Box 98 office (704) 837-9200 Brasstown, NC 28902-0098 Offers the index to the Master file for individual states. File comes on HD floppy disk and is dBase compatible. Access program and one state is $39.95 (49.95 for CA, TX or FL) + 3.00 s/h. Updates are $29.95. A nationwide file included with each state order. Also offers a national railroad file for $29.95. Fields are - freq., name, city, county, state, latitude & longitude, call sign and service code (approx 113 bytes/rec). [Feedback: established vendor, offering the index files since '91, updated yearly. Many satisified users.] {Oct 93} PerCon Corporation (716) 386-6015 CD Applications Division Fax (716) 386-6013 4906 Maple Springs / Ellery Road Bemus Point, NY 14712 Offers "a full line of FCC related databases" on CDROM and floppy disk. Available are various subsets by service, state, etc. Formats are ASCII and dBase compatible (access program provided with the CD-ROM version). A single state CD-ROM (all frequencies) is currently $99.95. Fields are - frequency, service code, type code, call sign licensee: name, mailing address, city, state, zip, expiration date number of mobiles: vehicle, portable, aircraft, marine, pager transmitter: lat. & long., city, county, state, elevation, antenna height, output power, ERP (approx 533 bytes/rec total) [Feedback: several satisfied users.] {Mar 93} CET (800) 445-0297 1001 S. Ridgewood Ave. Edgewater, FL 32132 Offers a file on floppy of all stations within a 30-mile radius of a customer-specified location. The prices are: rural $80, metro $140, super-metro $200 (printed list are one-half these prices). Available in ASCII columnar and comma-delimited formats. Does not include stations lacking a specific location (i.e. mobile-only systems). Fields are similar to those described for PerCon (186 bytes/rec). [Feedback: some early confusion about prices due to erroneous postings to the net. Users satisfied otherwise.] {Oct 93} ScanWare Associates (206) 698-1383 7910 NE Double Hitch Ct Fax (206) 698-8207 Bremerton, WA 98310-3801 BBS (206) 871-4228 Tech Support: Voice/Fax (206) 871-3751 Offers its "FCC Frequency Retrieval System, Ver 2.0", a "database management system for the FCC Master Frequency File ..... includes program and FCC database for any state". Fields are similar to the PerCon file (275 bytes/rec). Program is compiled Clipper and data is dBase compatible. Distributed on HD floppies. Program & one state, $30 (CA, TX, FL or NY, $35); add'l states $15 ea (CA, FL, TX, NY $20 ea); plus $5 s/h per state. [no feedback available, but an examination of the Beta release of Ver 2.0 confirms the file layout.] {Mar 94} Scanner Master (800) 722-6701 PO Box 428 Newton Highlands, MA 02161 Provides online "access to nearly the entire F.C.C. database and is updated weekly". Includes all fields in the Master File records. Allows selective downloading by search criteria and reporting of particular fields. Charges are $25.00 for a users guide/membership kit and $1.50 /min (first 10 mins free). Ref: Richard Barnett 71420.163@compuserve.com [no feedback available] {--- 93} Action Data Processing (301) 587-0558 817 Silver Spring Ave. Fax (301) 587-0560 Silver Spring, MD 20910 Offers floppy or printout of public service frequencies for a state or 50 mi radius of a city for $25 (add'l $20 ea), + $3 p/h. File contains name, call, city, state, freq., class, service & nbr of mobiles. [no feedback available] {Feb 94}