Only active licenses returned on US FCC query from database interface

[rrbum]

Looked for prior inquiries, found none. So, am I missing a check box or something to include expired and other status results? Proper FCC.gov search reveals all, using radref database FCC query interface only active results return. Noticed this before and did a search for posts on it and found none. So I risk asking if it is intentional and if so can a button be added to allow expired as well as active results to be returned?

 

[wa8pyr]

Looked for prior inquiries, found none. So, am I missing a check box or something to include expired and other status results? Proper FCC.gov search reveals all, using radref database FCC query interface only active results return. Noticed this before and did a search for posts on it and found none. So I risk asking if it is intentional and if so can a button be added to allow expired as well as active results to be returned?

The RRDB FCC info is a weekly download from the FCC, which if I recall correctly only includes active licenses. You would have to search FCC (as you did) to see expired licenses.

 

[rrbum]

The RRDB FCC info is a weekly download from the FCC, which if I recall correctly only includes active licenses. You would have to search FCC (as you did) to see expired licenses.

Thank you. I could have sworn it used to return all statuses. Duly noted.

 

[GTR8000]

The FCC Data (USA) query does not return Expired/Canceled/Terminated licenses, however if you look at the FCC licenses for each county, you will see E/C/T statuses.

The FCC data within the RRDB is meant for convenience and as a way to link call signs on the RRDB pages to the license data, it's not meant to replace the FCC ULS.