Beth, I've been a ham for 40 years and have had my call sign for about 35. Never had any problems. I find it rather interesting though that you are concerned about your name and your call sign especially in light of all the information that you expose of yours as your part of your signature. Just a thought Fred Olver and nine BSO
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> On Sep 10, 2015, at 8:45 PM, Beth <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> 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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