If someone knows what they are doing it really doesn't matter what you do,
they can find you.
The emails that you post on a mailing list are always out there, and you can
be found through them.
My recommendation is for you to get your ticket, and enjoy the hobby.
Your community will appreciate you during an emergency.
I am sure we will enjoy the opportunity to chat with you on the air.
73 N2DYN Angelo
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Beth
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2015 7:54 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: what identifying information is tied to a callsign?
I realize this might be a compromise to safety or whatever, but sometimes
businesses email me, but there is a business signature for a separate email
account. If, for instance, someone wanted to Skype me in a tech support
call, the ID is there, but if someone wanted a phone number, yeah, it's
there. But for the business exclusive signature, I can easily change it so
that only business related contact information is present. Thanks.
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 9/11/2015 10:48 PM, Jim Gammon wrote:
> Beth, I haven't read nearly all of the posts regarding this, but if
> you are so concerned about your ID, then why in the world do you have
> all your phone numbers etc. listed in the footer of your email? Jim
> WA6EKS
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Beth <[log in to unmask]
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date sent: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 22:25:03 -0600
> Subject: Re: what identifying information is tied to a callsign?
>
> Thanks. On a lighter subject, I was hoping to get my license anyhow.
> But I have to bear in mind the thousands of times I'm asked to spell
> my name, particularly my last name, and it's written in the sig.
> But I've
> had it spelled every which way, Taursai, Tarasi, etc. What insults.
>
> 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 9/11/2015 9:25 PM, Tom Fowle wrote:
> We just renewed our licenses with the FCC's ULS online lisencing
> system.
> We'd not given them phone or email addresses previously, and added
> them this
> time.
>
> Looking in the ULS's help database, it says that phone, fax numbers
> or email
> addresses will be kept confidential and will not be displayed on
> licenses or
> ULS databases.
>
> so only the basic, and required, name and address license class and
> call
> sign will be public.
>
> Beth, if you're worried about your maiden name, then wait till you
> get it
> changed.
> but it looks like from the point of view of the FCC's data bases
> there is
> nothing to worry about.
> Particularly when you're on facebook etc. this is unimportant.
>
> Tom Fowle WA6IVG
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:00:09PM -0600, Colin McDonald wrote:
> go live in a cave, with no internet, telephone, mail or interaction
> with the
> outside world, and you'll be safe from all those crazy people
> slavvering to
> find you online...
> The second you go online and create any sort of profile of any kind,
> or the
> second you have a publically listed address or telephone number,
> people can
> find you...they can also walk up to your house and knock on the door
> so what
> difference does it make?
> Again, if you don't want your name, address or potentially phone
> number,
> online, don't go online, ever! and have your phone number unlisted
> and use a
> post office box instead of your home address for all bills and mail
> correspondance.
> Now that you have indicated that you are on face book and about
> 6 other
> social media sites, and given allot of personal info out over email,
> it's
> easy to find you...do you really imagine that a ham radio callsign
> is going
> to make your personal identity any harder to find than it already
> is?
> seriously? lol
>
> 73
> Colin, V A6BKX
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pat Byrne
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 9:47 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: what identifying information is tied to a callsign?
>
> Beth,
> I don't think that a government license will make a lot of
> difference. in the ham databases it is your name, license class,
> issue and expiration dates and little else. Nothing proprietary
> or,
> honestly very intersting. you've outted yourself more with your
> emails tonight than ever would be available through a callsign
> lookup. So, chill out, get a callsign or not, and all will be what
> it is.
> pat, K9JAUAt 08:45 PM 9/10/2015, you wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> 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
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