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John Miller <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 10 Sep 2015 23:33:41 -0400
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If you yourself weren't convicted of a crime, the FCC plain doesn't care. 
Even if you were, that far in the past, it's 50/50 they even care, no, I'll 
say 30/70 against. They don't have the time to deal with it and if there is 
something you were convicted of, it can come out at any time anyway. Likely 
what ever it is, if you don't draw attention to it, you'll be just fine. 
Hopefully tonight doesn't come back to haunt you.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Beth
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 11:09 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
found 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 member writing complaints to FCC people saying, "Our daughter is
(fill in blank) 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
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On 9/10/2015 9:06 PM, John Miller wrote:
> What difference does it make if you have a call sign or not on releasing 
> the
> info? Second, the archives of this and any email list can be searched by
> anyone. If I look, I can find messages I posted on email lists that I
> haven't been on and in one case I don't think it even exists anymore, 
> going
> back to the late 90's when I first got on the internet in the first place
> with my old AOL account. Sorry, I'm not seeing what difference it makes 
> what
> name your call sign is under, and I have a feeling based on what little
> people have heard from you and how much you've posted already, it wouldn't
> take much to get that info out of you on this email list, which has
> searchable archives. What's more, if this info you don't want public has 
> any
> police reports 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
> information in the correct hands, and I usually use this email address
> for friends or people who want to know me, so my signature is an open
> invite to contact me anyhow. The thing I'm concerned about is that
> someone or my dad or someone else tied to my maiden name will release
> information that is not pertinent or is too confidential such as a
> dating violence complaint filed in 2004 or a different situation that
> 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
>> 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.
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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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