I agree with you, who cares if I email your neighbor or you do, that's not
what the system is all about. I prefer a good phone number but as that is
less and less likely, I have hand delivered a few because mail isn't always
in the budget, if there is no real time critical aspect to it, I have
tracked them down to a local club and got in touch with them that way, check
local repeaters, I've found ways to get messages delivered and not used
email. I do prefer a working phone number and think that is hurting and may
eventually kill off the NTS as less and less have verifiable phone numbers.
----- Original Message -----
From: <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 10:14 PM
Subject: responding to question made
> Thanks John. I understand. Most of the on line data bases have outdated
> numbers. I will reject traffic with a E maill address on it. It abuses
> the
> NTS, when someone can send the party their own message. 73. Gary KB2YAA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Miller
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 9:59 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Fcc regs
>
> Some people don't have a phone but some forms require a number. Also, some
> people change phone numbers that often, it would crash the system keeping
> up
> with that. I don't know why I've had the same cell number for 13-14 years
> though my home number has changed several times since living on my own but
> at any rate, for what ever idiotic reason, everyone who has ever sent me
> traffic with my phone number on it either has a number I had the first
> couple months I lived here and got collections calls for 21 different
> people
> daily on it so I had it changed, and another number I had back when I
> lived
> with my parents and I only had that number for a few months because I was
> involved in so much and needed my own line since my cell had no good
> signal
> there. Still though 5 years after I had that line shut off people were
> still
> putting it on traffic coming for me and even now, the number I had when I
> moved in here and only had a few months, over 3 years ago, just the other
> day was on a peace of traffic for me. That's not enforceable, and really I
> only have the home phone to give when I register for something, i never
> answer it and could shut it off any time without notice and would be happy
> as long as I don't have to give my cell number out to anyone who doesn't
> need it. Personally the phone is nothing to me but an annoyance I keep
> around in case of emergencies, the last call I had that was actually worth
> something was at least a year and a half ago helping someone ironically
> enough, with digital modes on radio.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 9:27 PM
> Subject: Fcc regs
>
>
>> Hi all. This will be a matter of your opinion. The FCC has a =
>> regulation on hams keeping their ham mailing address current. For if =
>> you receive a piece of maill from the FCC and it gets returned to them, =
>> your license is automaticly suspended. Do you think that this would be =
>> the same with phone numbers? Why I ask is, I deliver a piece of =
>> traffic to a party and it is a new license but when I call the given =
>> phone number it is disconnected. The persons call sign is only about 2 =
>> to 3 weeks old. What say you... Gary KB2YAA
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