The fcc FTP site is ftp.fcc.gov The location of the data of interest is at /pub/Bureaus/Wireless/Databases/uls/.
There are zip files (pipe delimited) in complete and the daily changed files in daily. Theres lots of info in documentation which includes excel spreadsheets of the schema. These will have to be converted to sql statemtents. The ULS is the database system that holds the data for Fixed and Mobile wireless services. This includes most two way systems and point to multipoint (microwave) but not broadcast (AM, FM, TV) and not advanced radio. The database is really a database of applications. It contains application data submitted by wireless applicants. There are two families of tables, prefixed with 'a' and 'l'. The 'a' tables stand for application records that are pending being granted by the fcc. The 'l' tables have received licenses and may or may not be operating. Combined, the 'a' and 'l' zipfiles represent a specific service. For example, 'a_micro' and 'l_micro' contain the applications and licensed data for microwave systems. The different services have slightly different layouts because they have different requirements. I strongly suggest looking at LMcomm and LMpriv first. These are the fixed land mobile systems, and 90% of the entire database. They also have identical layouts. There are a great deal of files in each zipfile, but here are the most interesting: hd: header data ad: application detail an: antenna data lo: location data fr: frequency data em: emission data There are others. I can help you write meaningful queries that are quite complex and will require optimization techniques. Merlin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
