Ham Call Lookup is a Chrome extension that allows you to quickly look up information about a ham radio call sign while browsing the web. With a simple click, you can retrieve the operator's name and location information from the HamDB.org database without leaving your current tab.
To install the extension, follow these steps:
- Clone or download the repository to your local machine.
- Open Google Chrome and navigate to
chrome://extensions. - Enable Developer Mode by clicking the toggle switch in the upper right corner.
- Click the "Load unpacked" button and select the
ham-call-lookupdirectory that you downloaded in step 1.
To use the extension, simply click on the Ham Call Lookup icon in your browser toolbar to open the extension popup. Enter the call sign that you want to look up, and the operator's name and location information will be displayed.
The extension requires the following permissions to function properly:
https://hamdb.org/*: to access the HamDB.org API and retrieve call sign informationactiveTab: to interact with the active tab and provide a seamless user experience
This project is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
The full text of the license is available in the LICENSE file in this repository.
Thanks to HamDB.org for providing the API used in this extension. Please make sure you check their site out and support them.