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I do. I'm not sure I like exposing my home address by providing my callsign with my HN account (something to think about for other posters).
by giantg2 8mo ago
I do. I'm not sure I like exposing my home address by providing my callsign with my HN account (something to think about for other posters).
- mitchbob 8mo agoDitto for me.
- zikduruqe 8mo agoI hold an Extra Class license... the old 20 wpm kind. The cool thing is, I got my extra back when I was 19 years old and it set me up for a great tech career since I understood RF. Not going to dox myself here putting my callsign in a post.
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- ProllyInfamous 8mo agoAD0NIS — that you?
- zikduruqe 8mo agoHeh. I mean you are kinda close. My callsign is a 2x1 call.
- ProllyInfamous 8mo agoThat's why I use a PO Box — still not sharing callsign though =P
- GJim 8mo ago> I'm not sure I like exposing my home address by providing my callsign with my HN account Please explain. Surely one simply opts out of having ones address published in your countries call book?
- Jtsummers 8mo agoIn the US it's a public database, and you don't get to opt out of providing your name and a mailing address (mailing, needs to be valid but doesn't need to be your home address, PO Boxes work). https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchLicense.jsp https://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/UlsSearch/searchLicense.jsp
- GJim 8mo agoWow! I know American data protection law is pretty poor, but that really is shocking; such data should not be made public without the users explicit opt-in consent.
- Jtsummers 8mo agoA lot of information is out there for a lot of people in the US. Here you can find salary information for GA state employees by name: https://open.ga.gov/openga/salaryTravel/index https://open.ga.gov/openga/salaryTravel/index. If you don't know their name, you can search by organization and get a big list of people and how much they make each year.
- akerl_ 8mo agoThey have opt-in consent: it’s a known part of the US ham licensing process that the database is public and searchable, and nobody is forced to get a ham license. In fact, several of the questions on the ham test involve the fact that you can look up operator info online.
- singleshot_ 8mo agoYour amateur radio license is only active when:
- GJim 8mo agoThat isn't opt-in consent!