changed documents theme to readthedocs

# fixes bug report #30

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# global code owner
+@DH1TW

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -3,61 +3,17 @@ name: Linux
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
+
   test_linux:
-    # Ubuntu 20.04 is still required for python 3.6; this doesn't work on Ubuntu 22.04 anymore
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-24.04"
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    name: "Ubuntu 24.04 - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
-    name: "Ubuntu 20.04 - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.6"]
-        redis-version: [6]
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: "actions/checkout@v3"
-      - uses: "actions/setup-python@v4"
-        with:
-          python-version: "${{ matrix.python-version }}"
-          cache: "pip"
-          cache-dependency-path: |
-            **/setup.py
-            **/requirements*.txt
-
-      - name: "Install dependencies"
-        run: |
-          set -xe
-          sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-dev libxslt-dev
-          python -VV
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
-          python -m pip install -e .
-          python -m pip install -r requirements-pytest.txt
-
-      - name: Start Redis
-        uses: supercharge/redis-github-action@1.2.0
-        with:
-          redis-version: ${{ matrix.redis-version }}
-
-      - name: "Run tests for ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
-        env: 
-          CLUBLOG_APIKEY: ${{ secrets.CLUBLOG_APIKEY }}
-          QRZ_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.QRZ_USERNAME }}
-          QRZ_PWD: ${{ secrets.QRZ_PWD }}
-          PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        # delay the execution randomly by a couple of seconds to reduce the amount 
-        # of concurrent API calls on Clublog and QRZ.com when all CI jobs execute simultaneously
-        run: |
-          sleep $[ ( $RANDOM % 10 )  + 1 ]s 
-          pytest ./test
-
-  test_linux_ubuntu_22:
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
-    name: "Ubuntu 22.04 - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
     env:
       USING_COVERAGE: '3.11'
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "pypy3.7", "pypy3.8", "pypy3.9", "pypy3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "pypy3.8", "pypy3.9", "pypy3.10"]
-        redis-version: [6]
+        redis-version: [7]
 
     steps:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v3"
@@ -93,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         # delay the execution randomly by a couple of seconds to reduce the amount 
         # of concurrent API calls on Clublog and QRZ.com when all CI jobs execute simultaneously
         run: |
-          sleep $[ ( $RANDOM % 10 )  + 1 ]s 
+          sleep $[ ( $RANDOM % 60 )  + 1 ]s 
           if [[ $PYTHON_VERSION == 3.11 ]]
           then 
             pytest --cov=test/
@@ -116,13 +72,12 @@ jobs:
 
 
   test_macos:
-    # Ubuntu 20.04 is still required for python 3.6; this doesn't work on Ubuntu 22.04 anymore
+    runs-on: "macos-15"
-    runs-on: "macos-12"
+    name: "MacOS 15 - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
-    name: "MacOS 12 - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "pypy3.8", "pypy3.9", "pypy3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "pypy3.8", "pypy3.9", "pypy3.10"]
-        redis-version: [6]
+        redis-version: [7.2]
 
     steps:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v3"
@@ -143,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install -r requirements-pytest.txt
       
       - name: Start Redis
-        uses: shogo82148/actions-setup-redis@v1.31.1
+        uses: shogo82148/actions-setup-redis@v1
         with:
           redis-version: ${{ matrix.redis-version }}
 
@@ -156,16 +111,16 @@ jobs:
         # delay the execution randomly by a couple of seconds to reduce the amount 
         # of concurrent API calls on Clublog and QRZ.com when all CI jobs execute simultaneously
         run: |
-          sleep $[ ( $RANDOM % 10 )  + 1 ]
+          sleep $[ ( $RANDOM % 60 )  + 1 ]
           pytest ./test
 
   test_windows:
-    runs-on: "windows-latest"
+    runs-on: "windows-2022"
     name: "Windows latest - Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
+        python-version: ["3.8", "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
 
     steps:
       - uses: "actions/checkout@v3"
@@ -190,10 +145,13 @@ jobs:
         # since there is no official redis version for windows.
         # Redis is then installed an run as a service
         run: |
-          C:\msys64\usr\bin\wget.exe https://github.com/redis-windows/redis-windows/releases/download/7.0.14/Redis-7.0.14-Windows-x64-with-Service.tar.gz
+          C:\msys64\usr\bin\wget.exe https://github.com/redis-windows/redis-windows/releases/download/7.0.14/Redis-7.0.14-Windows-x64-msys2-with-Service.zip
-          C:\msys64\usr\bin\tar.exe -xvzf Redis-7.0.14-Windows-x64-with-Service.tar.gz
+          C:\msys64\usr\bin\pacman.exe -S --noconfirm unzip
-          sc.exe create Redis binpath=D:\a\pyhamtools\pyhamtools\Redis-7.0.14-Windows-x64-with-Service\RedisService.exe start= auto
+          C:\msys64\usr\bin\unzip.exe Redis-7.0.14-Windows-x64-msys2-with-Service.zip
+          sc.exe create Redis binpath=${{ github.workspace }}\Redis-7.0.14-Windows-x64-msys2-with-Service\RedisService.exe start= auto
+          echo "Redis service created, now starting it"
           net start Redis
+          echo "Redis service started"
 
       - name: "Run tests for ${{ matrix.python-version }}"
         env: 
@@ -206,5 +164,5 @@ jobs:
         # amount of concurrent API calls on Clublog and QRZ.com
         # when all CI jobs execute simultaneously
         run: |
-          start-sleep -Seconds (5..20 | get-random)
+          start-sleep -Seconds (5..60 | get-random)
           pytest

.readthedocs.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Read the Docs configuration file for Sphinx projects
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/config-file/v2.html for details
+
+# Required
+version: 2
+
+# Set the OS, Python version and other tools you might need
+build:
+  os: ubuntu-22.04
+  tools:
+    python: "3.11"
+
+# Build documentation in the "docs/" directory with Sphinx
+sphinx:
+  configuration: docs/source/conf.py
+  # You can configure Sphinx to use a different builder, for instance use the dirhtml builder for simpler URLs
+  # builder: "dirhtml"
+  # Fail on all warnings to avoid broken references
+  # fail_on_warning: true
+
+# Optionally build your docs in additional formats such as PDF and ePub
+# formats:
+#   - pdf
+#   - epub
+
+# Optional but recommended, declare the Python requirements required
+# to build your documentation
+# See https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/guides/reproducible-builds.html
+python:
+  install:
+    - method: setuptools
+      path: .
+    - requirements: readthedocs-pip-requirements.txt

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2014 Tobias Wellnitz
+Copyright (c) 2025 Tobias Wellnitz
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

README.md

@@ -34,19 +34,21 @@ This Library is used in production at the [DXHeat.com DX Cluster](https://dxheat
 Pyhamtools is compatible with Python >=3.6.
 We check compatibility on OSX, Windows, and Linux with the following Python versions:
 
-* Python 3.6 (will be deprecated in 2024)
-* Python 3.7 (will be deprecated in 2024)
 * Python 3.8
 * Python 3.9
 * Python 3.10
 * Python 3.11
 * Python 3.12
-* [pypy3.7](https://pypy.org/) (will be deprecated in 2024)
+* Python 3.13
 * [pypy3.8](https://pypy.org/)
 * [pypy3.9](https://pypy.org/)
 * [pypy3.10](https://pypy.org/)
 
-The support for Python 2.7 and 3.5 has been deprecated at the end of 2023. The last version which supports Python 2.7 and Python 3.5 is 0.8.7.
+### depreciated: Python 2.7 & Python 3.5
+The support for Python 2.7 and 3.5 has been deprecated at the end of 2023. The last version which supports Python 2.7 and Python 3.5 is 0.8.7. 
+
+### depricated: Python 3.6 & Python 3.7
+Support for Python 3.6 and Python 3.7 has been deprecated in June 2025. The last version which support Python 3.6 and Python 3.7 is 0.11.0.
 
 ## Documentation
 
@@ -62,9 +64,7 @@ Open Source Software licenses, including the MIT license at [choosealicense.com]
 
 Starting with version 0.8.0, `libxml2-dev` and `libxslt-dev` are required dependencies.
 
-## Installation
+There is a good change that the libraries are already installed on your system. If not, you can install them with the package manager of your distro. For example on Debian / Ubuntu based distros the corresponding command is:
-
-Install the dependencies (e.g. on Debian/Ubuntu):
 
 ```bash
 
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ $ sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt-dev
 
 ```
 
+You don't need to install these libraries manually on Windows / MacOS.
+
+
+## Installation
+
+
 The easiest way to install pyhamtools is through the packet manager `pip`:
 
 ```bash

docs/source/changelog.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,40 @@
 Changelog
 ---------
 
+PyHamtools 0.12.0
+================
+
+09. June 2025
+
+* deprecated support for Python 3.6
+* deprecated support for Python 3.7
+* added support for higher Microwave bands (tnx @sq6emm)
+* added support for 10 characters Maidenhead locators (tnx @sq6emm)
+* updated CI pipeline
+
+
+PyHamtools 0.11.0
+================
+
+02. March 2025
+
+* added support for Python 3.13 
+
+PyHamtools 0.10.0
+================
+
+01. June 2024
+
+* full support for 4, 6, 8 characters Maidenhead locator conversions
+
+
+PyHamtools 0.9.1
+================
+
+17. March 2024
+
+* switched from distutils to setuptools. No impact for endusers.
+
 
 PyHamtools 0.9.0
 ================

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from pyhamtools.version import __version__, __release__
 extensions = [
     'sphinx.ext.autodoc',
     'sphinx.ext.napoleon',
+    'sphinx_rtd_dark_mode',
 ]
 
 # Add any paths that contain templates here, relative to this directory.
@@ -95,7 +96,9 @@ pygments_style = 'sphinx'
 
 # The theme to use for HTML and HTML Help pages.  See the documentation for
 # a list of builtin themes.
-html_theme = 'default'
+# html_theme = 'default'
+html_theme = 'sphinx_rtd_theme'
+# html_theme = 'sphinx_material'
 
 # Theme options are theme-specific and customize the look and feel of a theme
 # further.  For a list of options available for each theme, see the

pyhamtools/frequency.py

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ def freq_to_band(freq):
     elif ((freq >= 1200000) and (freq <= 1300000)):
         band = 0.23  #23cm
         mode = None
-    elif ((freq >= 2390000) and (freq <= 2450000)):
+    elif ((freq >= 2300000) and (freq <= 2450000)):
         band = 0.13  #13cm
         mode = None
     elif ((freq >= 3300000) and (freq <= 3500000)):
@@ -200,7 +200,19 @@ def freq_to_band(freq):
     elif ((freq >= 47000000) and (freq <= 47200000)):
         band = 0.0063  #6,3mm
         mode = None
+    elif ((freq >= 75500000) and (freq <= 81500000)):
+        band = 0.004  #4mm
+        mode = None
+    elif ((freq >= 122250000) and (freq <= 123000000)):
+        band = 0.0025  #2.5mm
+        mode = None
+    elif ((freq >= 134000000) and (freq <= 141000000)):
+        band = 0.002  #2mm
+        mode = None
+    elif ((freq >= 241000000) and (freq <= 250000000)):
+        band = 0.001  #1mm
+        mode = None
     else:
         raise KeyError
 
-    return {"band": band, "mode": mode}
+    return {"band": band, "mode": mode}

pyhamtools/locator.py

@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ from datetime import datetime, timezone
 
 import ephem
 
-def latlong_to_locator (latitude, longitude):
+def latlong_to_locator (latitude, longitude, precision=6):
     """converts WGS84 coordinates into the corresponding Maidenhead Locator
 
         Args:
             latitude (float): Latitude
             longitude (float): Longitude
+            precision (int): 4,6,8,10 chars (default 6)
 
         Returns:
             string: Maidenhead locator
@@ -32,35 +33,54 @@ def latlong_to_locator (latitude, longitude):
 
     """
 
+    if precision < 4 or precision == 5 or precision == 7 or precision == 9 or precision > 10:
+        return ValueError
+
     if longitude >= 180 or longitude <= -180:
         raise ValueError
 
     if latitude >= 90 or latitude <= -90:
         raise ValueError
 
-    longitude += 180;
+    longitude +=180
-    latitude +=90;
+    latitude +=90
 
-    locator = chr(ord('A') + int(longitude / 20))
+    # copied & adapted from github.com/space-physics/maidenhead
-    locator += chr(ord('A') + int(latitude / 10))
+    A = ord('A')
-    locator += chr(ord('0') + int((longitude % 20) / 2))
+    a = divmod(longitude, 20)
-    locator += chr(ord('0') + int(latitude % 10))
+    b = divmod(latitude, 10)
-    locator += chr(ord('A') + int((longitude - int(longitude / 2) * 2) / (2 / 24)))
+    locator = chr(A + int(a[0])) + chr(A + int(b[0]))
-    locator += chr(ord('A') + int((latitude - int(latitude / 1) * 1 ) / (1 / 24)))
+    lon = a[1] / 2.0
+    lat = b[1]
+    i = 1
+
+    while i < precision/2:
+        i += 1
+        a = divmod(lon, 1)
+        b = divmod(lat, 1)
+        if not (i % 2):
+            locator += str(int(a[0])) + str(int(b[0]))
+            lon = 24 * a[1]
+            lat = 24 * b[1]
+        else:
+            locator += chr(A + int(a[0])) + chr(A + int(b[0]))
+            lon = 10 * a[1]
+            lat = 10 * b[1]
 
     return locator
 
-def locator_to_latlong (locator):
+def locator_to_latlong (locator, center=True):
     """converts Maidenhead locator in the corresponding WGS84 coordinates
 
         Args:
-            locator (string): Locator, either 4 or 6 characters
+            locator (string): Locator, either 4, 6 or 8 characters
+            center (bool): Center of (sub)square. By default True. If False, the south/western corner will be returned
 
         Returns:
             tuple (float, float): Latitude, Longitude
 
         Raises:
-            ValueError: When called with wrong or invalid input arg
+            ValueError: When called with wrong or invalid Maidenhead locator string
             TypeError: When arg is not a string
 
         Example:
@@ -79,7 +99,7 @@ def locator_to_latlong (locator):
 
     locator = locator.upper()
 
-    if len(locator) == 5 or len(locator) < 4:
+    if len(locator) < 4 or len(locator) == 5 or len(locator) == 7 or len(locator) == 9:
         raise ValueError
 
     if ord(locator[0]) > ord('R') or ord(locator[0]) < ord('A'):
@@ -100,23 +120,64 @@ def locator_to_latlong (locator):
         if ord (locator[5]) > ord('X') or ord(locator[5]) < ord('A'):
             raise ValueError
 
+    if len(locator) == 8:
+        if ord(locator[6]) > ord('9') or ord(locator[6]) < ord('0'):
+            raise ValueError
+        if ord (locator[7]) > ord('9') or ord(locator[7]) < ord('0'):
+            raise ValueError
+
+    if len(locator) == 10:
+        if ord(locator[8]) > ord('X') or ord(locator[8]) < ord('A'):
+            raise ValueError
+        if ord (locator[9]) > ord('X') or ord(locator[9]) < ord('A'):
+            raise ValueError
+
     longitude = (ord(locator[0]) - ord('A')) * 20 - 180
     latitude = (ord(locator[1]) - ord('A')) * 10 - 90
     longitude += (ord(locator[2]) - ord('0')) * 2
-    latitude += (ord(locator[3]) - ord('0'))
+    latitude += (ord(locator[3]) - ord('0')) * 1
 
-    if len(locator) == 6:
+    if len(locator) == 4:
-        longitude += ((ord(locator[4])) - ord('A')) * (2 / 24)
-        latitude += ((ord(locator[5])) - ord('A')) * (1 / 24)
 
-        # move to center of subsquare
+        if center:
-        longitude += 1 / 24
+            longitude += 2 / 2
-        latitude += 0.5 / 24
+            latitude += 1.0 / 2
+
+    elif len(locator) == 6:
+        longitude += (ord(locator[4]) - ord('A')) * 5.0 / 60
+        latitude += (ord(locator[5]) - ord('A')) * 2.5 / 60
+
+        if center:
+            longitude += 5.0 / 60 / 2
+            latitude += 2.5 / 60 / 2
+
+    elif len(locator) == 8:
+        longitude += (ord(locator[4]) - ord('A')) * 5.0 / 60
+        latitude += (ord(locator[5]) - ord('A')) * 2.5 / 60
+
+        longitude += int(locator[6]) * 5.0 / 600
+        latitude += int(locator[7]) * 2.5 / 600
+
+        if center:
+            longitude += 5.0 / 600 / 2
+            latitude += 2.5 / 600 / 2
+
+    elif len(locator) == 10:
+        longitude += (ord(locator[4]) - ord('A')) * 5.0 / 60
+        latitude += (ord(locator[5]) - ord('A')) * 2.5 / 60
+
+        longitude += int(locator[6]) * 5.0 / 600
+        latitude += int(locator[7]) * 2.5 / 600
+
+        longitude += (ord(locator[8]) - ord('A')) * 1.0 / 2880
+        latitude += (ord(locator[9]) - ord('A')) * 1.0 / 5760
+
+        if center:
+            longitude += 1.0 / 2880 / 2
+            latitude += 1.0 / 5760 / 2
 
     else:
-        # move to center of square
+        raise ValueError
-        longitude += 1;
-        latitude += 0.5;
 
     return latitude, longitude
 
@@ -125,14 +186,14 @@ def calculate_distance(locator1, locator2):
     """calculates the (shortpath) distance between two Maidenhead locators
 
         Args:
-            locator1 (string): Locator, either 4 or 6 characters
+            locator1 (string): Locator, either 4, 6 or 8 characters
-            locator2 (string): Locator, either 4 or 6 characters
+            locator2 (string): Locator, either 4, 6 or 8 characters
 
         Returns:
             float: Distance in km
 
         Raises:
-            ValueError: When called with wrong or invalid input arg
+            ValueError: When called with wrong or invalid maidenhead locator strings
             AttributeError: When args are not a string
 
         Example:
@@ -142,6 +203,9 @@ def calculate_distance(locator1, locator2):
            >>> calculate_distance("JN48QM", "QF67bf")
            16466.413
 
+        Note:
+            Distances is calculated between the centers of the (sub) squares
+
     """
 
     R = 6371 #earh radius
@@ -160,15 +224,15 @@ def calculate_distance(locator1, locator2):
     c = 2 * atan2(sqrt(a), sqrt(1-a))
     d = R * c #distance in km
 
-    return d;
+    return d
 
 
 def calculate_distance_longpath(locator1, locator2):
     """calculates the (longpath) distance between two Maidenhead locators
 
         Args:
-            locator1 (string): Locator, either 4 or 6 characters
+            locator1 (string): Locator, either 4, 6 or 8 characters
-            locator2 (string): Locator, either 4 or 6 characters
+            locator2 (string): Locator, either 4, 6 or 8 characters
 
         Returns:
             float: Distance in km
@@ -184,6 +248,8 @@ def calculate_distance_longpath(locator1, locator2):
            >>> calculate_distance_longpath("JN48QM", "QF67bf")
            23541.5867
 
+        Note:
+            Distance is calculated between the centers of the (sub) squares
     """
 
     c = 40008 #[km] earth circumference
@@ -196,8 +262,8 @@ def calculate_heading(locator1, locator2):
     """calculates the heading from the first to the second locator
 
         Args:
-            locator1 (string): Locator, either 4 or 6 characters
+            locator1 (string): Locator, either 4, 6 or 8 characters
-            locator2 (string): Locator, either 4 or 6 characters
+            locator2 (string): Locator, either 4, 6 or 6 characters
 
         Returns:
             float: Heading in deg
@@ -213,6 +279,9 @@ def calculate_heading(locator1, locator2):
            >>> calculate_heading("JN48QM", "QF67bf")
            74.3136
 
+        Note:
+            Heading is calculated between the centers of the (sub) squares
+
     """
 
     lat1, long1 = locator_to_latlong(locator1)
@@ -236,8 +305,8 @@ def calculate_heading_longpath(locator1, locator2):
     """calculates the heading from the first to the second locator (long path)
 
         Args:
-            locator1 (string): Locator, either 4 or 6 characters
+            locator1 (string): Locator, either 4, 6 or 8 characters
-            locator2 (string): Locator, either 4 or 6 characters
+            locator2 (string): Locator, either 4, 6 or 8 characters
 
         Returns:
             float: Long path heading in deg
@@ -253,6 +322,9 @@ def calculate_heading_longpath(locator1, locator2):
            >>> calculate_heading_longpath("JN48QM", "QF67bf")
            254.3136
 
+        Note:
+            Distance is calculated between the centers of the (sub) squares
+
     """
 
     heading = calculate_heading(locator1, locator2)
@@ -265,7 +337,7 @@ def calculate_sunrise_sunset(locator, calc_date=None):
     """calculates the next sunset and sunrise for a Maidenhead locator at a give date & time
 
         Args:
-            locator1 (string): Maidenhead Locator, either 4 or 6 characters
+            locator1 (string): Maidenhead Locator, either 4, 6 or 8 characters
             calc_date (datetime, optional): Starting datetime for the calculations (UTC)
 
         Returns:

pyhamtools/version.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-VERSION = (0, 9, 0)
+VERSION = (0, 12, 0)
 __release__ = ''.join(['-.'[type(x) == int]+str(x) for x in VERSION])[1:]
 __version__ = '.'.join((str(VERSION[0]), str(VERSION[1])))

readthedocs-pip-requirements.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 sphinx>=1.8.5
 sphinxcontrib-napoleon>=0.7
-beautifulsoup4>=4.7.1
+beautifulsoup4>=4.7.1
+sphinx_rtd_theme>=0.5.2
+sphinx_rtd_dark_mode>=0.1.2

requirements-pytest.txt

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-pytest>=7.0.0; python_version>='3.7'
+pytest>=7.0.0
-pytest==4.6.11; python_version=='3.6'
 pytest-blockage>=0.2.2
 pytest-localserver>=0.5
 pytest-cov>=2.12
+maidenhead==1.6.0
+requests>=2.32.4
+beautifulsoup4==4.13.4
+redis==5.2.1
+ephem==4.2

setup.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 import os
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 
 kw = {}
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ setup(name='pyhamtools',
           "requests>=2.21.0",
           "ephem>=4.1.3",
           "beautifulsoup4>=4.7.1",
-          "lxml>=4.8.0",
+          "lxml>=5.0.0",
           "redis>=2.10.6",
       ],
       **kw

test/test_callinfo.py

@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ response_prefix_VK9DWX_clublog = {
 }
 
 response_prefix_VK9DLX_clublog = {
-    u'adif': 147,
+    u'adif': 189,
     u'continent': u'OC',
-    u'country': u'LORD HOWE ISLAND',
+    u'country': u'NORFOLK ISLAND',
-    u'cqz': 30,
+    u'cqz': 32,
-    u'latitude': -31.6,
+    u'latitude': -29.0,
-    u'longitude': 159.1
+    u'longitude': 168.0
 }
 
 response_prefix_TA7I_clublog = {
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ response_prefix_V26K_clublog = {
 }
 
 response_prefix_VK9DLX_countryfile = {
-     u'adif': 147,
+     u'adif': 189,
      u'continent': u'OC',
-     u'country': u'Lord Howe Island',
+     u'country': u'Norfolk Island',
-     u'cqz': 30,
+     u'cqz': 32,
      u'ituz': 60,
-     u'latitude': -31.55,
+     u'latitude': -29.03,
-     u'longitude': 159.08
+     u'longitude': 167.93
 }
 
 response_prefix_VK9GMW_clublog = {
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ response_Exception_VK9XO_with_start_date = {
            'country': 'CHRISTMAS ISLAND',
            'continent': 'OC',
            'latitude': -10.48,
-           'longitude': 105.71,
+           'longitude': 105.62,
            'cqz': 29
         }
 

test/test_locator_distances.py

@@ -14,7 +14,12 @@ class Test_calculate_distance():
 
         assert abs(calculate_distance("JN48QM", "FN44AB") - 5965) < 1
         assert abs(calculate_distance("FN44AB", "JN48QM") - 5965) < 1
-        assert abs(calculate_distance("JN48QM", "QF67bf") - 16467) < 1
+        assert abs(calculate_distance("JN48QM", "QF67BF") - 16467) < 1
+        assert abs(calculate_distance("JN48QM84", "QF67BF84") - 16467) < 1
+        assert abs(calculate_distance("JN48QM84", "QF67BF") - 16464) < 1
+        assert abs(calculate_distance("JN48QM84", "QF67") - 16506) < 1
+        assert abs(calculate_distance("JN48QM", "QF67") - 16508) < 1
+        assert abs(calculate_distance("JN48", "QF67") - 16535) < 1
 
     def test_calculate_distance_invalid_inputs(self):
         with pytest.raises(AttributeError):

test/test_locator_latlong_to_locator.py

@@ -8,10 +8,24 @@ class Test_latlong_to_locator():
         assert latlong_to_locator(-89.97916, -179.95833) == "AA00AA"
         assert latlong_to_locator(89.97916, 179.9583) == "RR99XX"
 
-    def test_latlong_to_locator_normal_case(self):
+    def test_latlong_to_locator_4chars_precision(self):
+
+        assert latlong_to_locator(48.52083, 9.3750000, precision=4) == "JN48"
+        assert latlong_to_locator(39.222916, -86.45416, 4) == "EM69"
+
+    def test_latlong_to_locator_6chars_precision(self):
 
         assert latlong_to_locator(48.52083, 9.3750000) == "JN48QM"
         assert latlong_to_locator(48.5, 9.0) == "JN48MM" #center of the square
+        assert latlong_to_locator(39.222916, -86.45416, 6) == "EM69SF"
+
+    def test_latlong_to_locator_8chars_precision(self):
+        assert latlong_to_locator(48.51760, 9.40345, precision=8) == "JN48QM84"
+        assert latlong_to_locator(39.222916, -86.45416, 8) == "EM69SF53"
+
+    def test_latlong_to_locator_10chars_precision(self):
+        assert latlong_to_locator(45.835677, 68.525173, precision=10) == "MN45GU30AN"
+        assert latlong_to_locator(51.124913, 16.941840, 10) == "JO81LC39AX"
 
     def test_latlong_to_locator_invalid_characters(self):
 

test/test_locator_locator_to_latlong.py

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import pytest
+import maidenhead
 from pyhamtools.locator import locator_to_latlong
 from pyhamtools.consts import LookupConventions as const
 
+
 class Test_locator_to_latlong():
 
-    def test_locator_to_latlong_edge_cases(self):
+    def test_locator_to_latlong_min_max_cases(self):
         latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("AA00AA")
         assert abs(latitude + 89.97916) < 0.00001
         assert abs(longitude +179.95833) < 0.0001
@@ -13,23 +15,79 @@ class Test_locator_to_latlong():
         assert abs(latitude - 89.97916) < 0.00001
         assert abs(longitude - 179.9583) < 0.0001
 
-    def test_locator_to_latlong_normal_case(self):
+    def test_locator_to_latlong_4chars_precision(self):
-
-        latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("JN48QM")
-        assert abs(latitude - 48.52083) < 0.00001
-        assert abs(longitude - 9.3750000) < 0.0001
 
         latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("JN48")
-        assert abs(latitude - 48.5) < 0.001
+        assert abs(latitude - 48.5) < 0.1
-        assert abs(longitude - 9.000) < 0.001
+        assert abs(longitude - 9.0) < 0.1
 
-    def test_locator_to_latlong_mixed_signs(self):
+        latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("JN48", center=False)
+        assert abs(latitude - 48) < 0.1
+        assert abs(longitude - 8) < 0.1
+
+    def test_locator_to_latlong_6chars_precision(self):
+        latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("JN48QM")
+        assert abs(latitude - 48.52083) < 0.00001
+        assert abs(longitude - 9.37500) < 0.00001
+
+    def test_locator_to_latlong_8chars_precision(self):
+        latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("JN48QM84")
+        assert abs(latitude - 48.51875) < 0.00001
+        assert abs(longitude - 9.40416) < 0.00001
+
+        latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("EM69SF53")
+        assert abs(latitude - 39.222916) < 0.00001
+        assert abs(longitude + 86.45416) < 0.00001
+
+    def test_locator_to_latlong_10chars_precision(self):
+        latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("JO81LC39AX")
+        assert abs(latitude - 51.124913) < 0.000001
+        assert abs(longitude - 16.941840) < 0.000001
+
+        latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("MN45GU30AN")
+        assert abs(latitude - 45.835677) < 0.000001
+        assert abs(longitude - 68.525173) < 0.000001
+
+    def test_locator_to_latlong_consistency_checks_6chars_lower_left_corner(self):
+
+        latitude_4, longitude_4 = locator_to_latlong("JN48", center=False)
+        latitude_6, longitude_6 = locator_to_latlong("JN48AA", center=False)
+
+        assert latitude_4 == latitude_6
+        assert longitude_4 == longitude_6
+
+    def test_locator_to_latlong_consistency_checks_8chars_lower_left_corner(self):
+
+        latitude_6, longitude_6 = locator_to_latlong("JN48AA", center=False)
+        latitude_8, longitude_8 = locator_to_latlong("JN48AA00", center=False)
+
+        assert latitude_6 == latitude_8
+        assert longitude_6 == longitude_8
+
+    def test_locator_to_latlong_consistency_checks_against_maidenhead(self):
+
+        locs = ["JN48", "EM69", "JN48QM", "EM69SF", "AA00AA", "RR99XX", "JN48QM84", "EM69SF53"]
+
+        # lower left (south/east) corner
+        for loc in locs:
+            lat, lon = locator_to_latlong(loc, center=False)
+            lat_m, lon_m = maidenhead.to_location(loc)
+            assert abs(lat - lat_m) < 0.00001
+            assert abs(lon - lon_m) < 0.00001
+
+        # center of square
+        for loc in locs:
+            lat, lon = locator_to_latlong(loc) # default: center=True
+            lat_m, lon_m = maidenhead.to_location(loc, center=True)
+            assert abs(lat - lat_m) < 0.1
+            assert abs(lon - lon_m) < 0.1
+
+    def test_locator_to_latlong_upper_lower_chars(self):
 
         latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("Jn48qM")
         assert abs(latitude - 48.52083) < 0.00001
         assert abs(longitude - 9.3750000) < 0.0001
 
-
     def test_locator_to_latlong_wrong_amount_of_characters(self):
 
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
@@ -43,12 +101,30 @@ class Test_locator_to_latlong():
 
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("JN8Q")
+        
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("JN8QM1")
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("JN8QM1AA")
 
     def test_locator_to_latlong_invalid_characters(self):
 
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("21XM99")
 
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("48")
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("JNJN")
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("JN4848")
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("JN48QMaa")
+
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
             latitude, longitude = locator_to_latlong("****")
 

test/test_lookuplib_clublogxml.py

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ response_Exception_KC6MM_1990 = {
            'adif': 22,
            'country': u'PALAU',
            'continent': u'OC',
-           'latitude': 9.50,
+           'latitude': 9.52,
-           'longitude': 138.20,
+           'longitude': 138.21,
            'cqz': 27,
         }
 
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ response_Exception_KC6MM_1992 = {
            'adif': 22,
            'country': u'PALAU',
            'continent': u'OC',
-           'latitude': 9.50,
+           'latitude': 9.52,
-           'longitude': 138.20,
+           'longitude': 138.21,
            'cqz': 27,
         }
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ response_Exception_VK9XO_with_start_date = {
            'country': u'CHRISTMAS ISLAND',
            'continent': u'OC',
            'latitude': -10.48,
-           'longitude': 105.71,
+           'longitude': 105.62,
            'cqz': 29,
         }
 

test/test_lotw.py

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class Test_lotw_methods:
         execfile(os.path.join(fix_dir,"lotw_fixture.py"), namespace)
         assert get_lotw_users(url=httpserver.url) == namespace['lotw_fixture']
 
+    @pytest.mark.skip("ARRL has been hacked in May 2024; skipping until LOTW is again up")
     def test_download_lotw_list_and_check_types(self):
 
         data = get_lotw_users()

test/test_utils_freq_to_band.py

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class Test_utils_freq_to_band():
         assert freq_to_band(1200000) == {"band" : 0.23, "mode":None}
 
     def test_shf_frequencies(self):
+        assert freq_to_band(2320200) == {"band" : 0.13, "mode":None}
         assert freq_to_band(2390000) == {"band" : 0.13, "mode":None}
 
         assert freq_to_band(3300000) == {"band" : 0.09, "mode":None}