Beth, I have posted here on our list an article I wrote that includes
numerous accessible resources available to help people like you prepare to
take their ham license exams. If you do not have it, and if you want it, let
me know, and I'll be glad to send it to you. 

Ron, K8HSY
 


-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Beth
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 4:08 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: what identifying information is tied to a callsign?

Hmmm, that's enlightening. I do plan to get my license, but if it makes no
difference, I'll have to find the question pool that is most current.

Beth Taurasi, Windows 10 edition,
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On 9/10/2015 10:07 PM, Frank Ventura wrote:
> Beth, honestly the FCC isn't the BATF, they really don't care about an 
> 11 y= ear old domestic violence arrest. You're really overthinking 
> this. Even if = you got your ham ticket under your future married name it
is pretty easy to=
>   trace that back to your maiden name (marriage records are public as 
> well) = and the same thing could happen.=20
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] = On Behalf Of Beth
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 11:10 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: what identifying information is tied to a callsign?
>
> Oh I'm aware of the searchable archives thing, and it was amazing what 
> I fo= und when I Googled myself. Sometimes I just plain Google myself to
see what=
>   should and shouldn't be there. The thing is that I don't want a 
> family mem= ber writing complaints to FCC people saying, "Our daughter 
> is (fill in blan=
> k) and shouldn't be doing ham radio. She is (fill in blank.)"
>
> Beth Taurasi, Windows 10 edition,
> Home: 720-550-6142
> Cell: 720-435-7407
> Skype: denverqueen0920
> Twitter: Ms_denverqueen
> Instagram: denverqueen0920
> Facebook: www.facebook.com/denverqueen0920
> Blog: www.denverqueen.com
>
> On 9/10/2015 9:06 PM, John Miller wrote:
>> What difference does it make if you have a call sign or not on=20 
>> releasing the info? Second, the archives of this and any email 
>> list=20 can be searched by anyone. If I look, I can find messages I 
>> posted on=20 email lists that I haven't been on and in one case I 
>> don't think it=20 even exists anymore, going back to the late 90's 
>> when I first got on=20 the internet in the first place with my old 
>> AOL account. Sorry, I'm=20 not seeing what difference it makes what 
>> name your call sign is under,=20 and I have a feeling based on what 
>> little people have heard from you=20 and how much you've posted 
>> already, it wouldn't take much to get that=20 info out of you on this 
>> email list, which has searchable archives.=20 What's more, if this 
>> info you don't want public has any police reports=20 tied to it or 
>> court dates, if you're in the US, it's out there. If anyone=
>   wants to try hard enough, they can find it.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Beth
>> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 10:56 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: what identifying information is tied to a callsign?
>>
>> I do have a lot there in my signature, but I want the contact=20 
>> information in the correct hands, and I usually use this email 
>> address=20 for friends or people who want to know me, so my signature 
>> is an open=20 invite to contact me anyhow. The thing I'm concerned 
>> about is that=20 someone or my dad or someone else tied to my maiden 
>> name will release=20 information that is not pertinent or is too 
>> confidential such as a=20 dating violence complaint filed in 2004 or 
>> a different situation that=20 came up with my family.
>>
>> Beth Taurasi, Windows 10 edition,
>> Home: 720-550-6142
>> Cell: 720-435-7407
>> Skype: denverqueen0920
>> Twitter: Ms_denverqueen
>> Instagram: denverqueen0920
>> Facebook: www.facebook.com/denverqueen0920
>> Blog: www.denverqueen.com
>>
>> On 9/10/2015 7:59 PM, Tom Brennan wrote:
>>> 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=20 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=20 
>>>> <[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=20 decision making to do before I get my ham license. My 
>>>> boyfriend, who=20 is already a ham, has a pretty common name. Okay, 
>>>> I was talking to=20 him and another ham friend of mine, but I got 
>>>> worried about several thi=
> ngs:
>>>> 1. If you Google for instance my boyfriend's callsign, you will 
>>>> find=20 his profile right there on QRZ, Ham Shack, Arizona's ham 
>>>> radio=20 database, and lots of other places. So that worries me 
>>>> because my=20 name is a one and only, pretty unique.
>>>> 2. If you Google the same callsign plus your name, imagine what 
>>>> pops=20 up after that. When I Googled my name alone, I managed to 
>>>> bring up=20 some pretty weird stuff even I admit I wrote, plus my 
>>>> Facebook,=20 LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, etc. I even found my 
>>>> Foursquare=20 profile, and eerily, I found a 411 website that 
>>>> contained my dad's=20 phone number and address, and if you Google 
>>>> the correct name, not=20 Elizabeth, but Beth, you will definitely 
>>>> pop up my dad's address and=20 phone number. I don't want this, so 
>>>> I'm trying to decide. If I=20 google a callsign and name put 
>>>> together, you narrow your search, but=20 it appears, however, that 
>>>> my boyfriend's name is too common, and I=20 joked with him that he 
>>>> had a clone in Vancouver Washington State.=20 lol So this is my 
>>>> dilemma: if I get a ham radio license now,=20 unmarried, with the 
>>>> maiden name as is, my dad could easily pop up in=20 Google search 
>>>> results, and someone, maybe another strange weird=20 person, could 
>>>> contact my dad and ask why I even bothered. He has=20 some mental 
>>>> competency issues with me he has not resolved, so that's=20 a 
>>>> given. I hate my maiden name anyway. But I am leaning toward=20 
>>>> waiting for a license when my marriage certificate with my 
>>>> boyfriend=20 is confirmed. When we sign and dot the I's and cross 
>>>> the T's on our=20 I Do slip, so to speak, then I think I'd be 
>>>> better off with a ham=20 license, smooth sailing. The reason why I 
>>>> am writing this list is to=20 get advice and to see if I'm doing 
>>>> this all in the name of informed=20 decision making. I know some of 
>>>> you who are male won't concur, but=20 in this digital age, you can 
>>>> Google somebody's callsign and Lord=20 knows what is connected with 
>>>> that. As for my boyfriend's clone in Vanco=
> uver, I'm not concerned, but I find it weird.
>>>> I wish the boyfriend's callsign would show me his Facebook page=20 
>>>> though, after all I think that's where we're headed.
>>>> Thank you all for your advice in advance.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Beth Taurasi, Windows 10 edition,
>>>> Home: 720-550-6142
>>>> Cell: 720-435-7407
>>>> Skype: denverqueen0920
>>>> Twitter: Ms_denverqueen
>>>> Instagram: denverqueen0920
>>>> Facebook: www.facebook.com/denverqueen0920
>>>> Blog: www.denverqueen.com
>>>>