Beth, its probably not going to make much difference way you go.

For someone who's concerned with your info you seem to have a lot out there on
the net and even below your signature.

Tom


Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html

On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, Beth wrote:

> Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 19:45:52 -0600
> From: Beth <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: what identifying information is tied to a callsign?
>
> Okay, guys. I don't normally post on here. But I've got some serious
> decision making to do before I get my ham license. My boyfriend, who is
> already a ham, has a pretty common name. Okay, I was talking to him and
> another ham friend of mine, but I got worried about several things:
> 1. If you Google for instance my boyfriend's callsign, you will find his
> profile right there on QRZ, Ham Shack, Arizona's ham radio database, and
> lots of other places. So that worries me because my name is a one and
> only, pretty unique.
> 2. If you Google the same callsign plus your name, imagine what pops up
> after that. When I Googled my name alone, I managed to bring up some
> pretty weird stuff even I admit I wrote, plus my Facebook, LinkedIn,
> Twitter, Instagram, etc. I even found my Foursquare profile, and eerily,
> I found a 411 website that contained my dad's phone number and address,
> and if you Google the correct name, not Elizabeth, but Beth, you will
> definitely pop up my dad's address and phone number. I don't want this,
> so I'm trying to decide. If I google a callsign and name put together,
> you narrow your search, but it appears, however, that my boyfriend's
> name is too common, and I joked with him that he had a clone in
> Vancouver Washington State. lol
> So this is my dilemma: if I get a ham radio license now, unmarried, with
> the maiden name as is, my dad could easily pop up in Google search
> results, and someone, maybe another strange weird person, could contact
> my dad and ask why I even bothered. He has some mental competency issues
> with me he has not resolved, so that's a given. I hate my maiden name
> anyway. But I am leaning toward waiting for a license when my marriage
> certificate with my boyfriend is confirmed. When we sign and dot the I's
> and cross the T's on our I Do slip, so to speak, then I think I'd be
> better off with a ham license, smooth sailing. The reason why I am
> writing this list is to get advice and to see if I'm doing this all in
> the name of informed decision making. I know some of you who are male
> won't concur, but in this digital age, you can Google somebody's
> callsign and Lord knows what is connected with that. As for my
> boyfriend's clone in Vancouver, I'm not concerned, but I find it weird.
> I wish the boyfriend's callsign would show me his Facebook page though,
> after all I think that's where we're headed.
> Thank you all for your advice in advance.
>
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