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Wait, a drivers license?
...and honestly....if a person wants to find out where you live, there are TONS more other places to find you. Own a house? Public Record. Buy anything with a CC, your name has been sold millions of times.
I put my QTH in as my physical. For one reason, I can't be bothered to check a PO box at all...not even weekly. As an unintended benefit, the QRZ iPhone app has a cool feature where if you put in another callsign, it will use your QTH as the starting point and then give you a range and bearing to the callsign you just entered. Good for figuring out if you can possibly simplex the person. On HF, it would be cool to know how far you are from the other station.
This. Jack W1FKG.Realtor is correct. The FCC only requires a mailing address so they can get hold of you by mail. They don't require your physical address. Still, when people hear your call sign they'll be able to go to qrz.com or the FCC's site and get your name, PO box and town.
I've been running a ham plate for almost 50 years. Have shot only a few road rage nuts, so it's working for me. Jack.I use my home address too. The one thing I won't do is get one of those vanity plates for my car with my call sign. In my mind it would make it just a little too easy for some road-rage psycho to find me.
I use my home address too. The one thing I won't do is get one of those vanity plates for my car with my call sign. In my mind it would make it just a little too easy for some road-rage psycho to find me.
Most road rage retards are too dumb to know what it is, so I wouldn't be too concerned about that.
It doesn't usually work that way, but whatever floats your boat, or buys your glue, or whatever.
-Mike
John J Caron, LeominsterOk, I want to do an experiment.
Give me a name of a HAM licensee.
Give me his home town.
I want to look it up on google to see how high the listing is.
$70 a year is a lot for a PO Box just for a HAM license.
Ok, I want to do an experiment.
Give me a name of a HAM licensee.
Give me his home town.
I want to look it up on google to see how high the listing is.
$70 a year is a lot for a PO Box just for a HAM license.
Lol first it was a name now its a name and a town? Changing the rules a bit? /boggle
John J Caron, Leominster
This is a random name I chose from a zip code license search.
I did the search myself, the first hit is a city-data ham list containing names and addresses of hams in Leominster. Second hit is a resume for the guy that also has his address. Have you already tried your name and town?
All my posts in this thread mention address. Ie Town.
All my posts in this thread mention address. Ie Town.
From my research, it appears that whenever a HAM (name) is googled, their callsign and address pops up right away in google.
This is what I was hoping to avoid.
The work around is to get a USPS Post Office box at a cost of $70 per year.
Earlier you said "name" now its "name and address" if you ALREADY have that info, then what difference does it make if the guy is a ham or not?
-Mike
This^^Isn't that what Realtor already said?
Dude, get your ticket...the hobby is a freakin' blast. You learn so much and you have the opportunity to give back to the community in a lot of ways.
You won't regret it.