Beth,
Like others here on our list have stated, your ham license should not render
any more access to your personal information than any of the other sources
out there. In fact, a ham license won't reveal nearly as much personal
information as numerous other sources that are available to anyone who
wishes to investigate your background. For a very nominal charge, I can find
out everything there is to know about you, including any criminal record you
might have, any aliases you may have used, etc. Do not be alarmed! I have no
desired to waste my money on such things. <lol> I am just making a point.
I used to warn all of my university students about what they posted on
MySpace, Facebook, and other social media and any stupid things they are
doing or tempted to do because much of those things can be discovered in a
background check, especially a thorough background check. I had some
outstanding students be denied jobs because of the dumb stuff they did while
they were students that showed up on background checks when they were being
seriously considered for jobs.
Ron, K8HSY
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Beth
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 9:59 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: what identifying information is tied to a callsign?
Again, as I told Tom, my signature is an open invite for the RIGHT kind of
people to contact me if needed. I have a business email with pertinent info
in the signature. All that is for people who want to contact me. I just
don't think that anyone should, as I said before, know something about
dating violence complaints in 2004 or other thing.
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 8:01 PM, Fred Olver wrote:
> Beth, I've been a ham for 40 years and have had my call sign for about
> 35. N= ever had any problems. I find it rather interesting though that
> you are conc= erned about your name and your call sign especially in
> light of all the info= rmation that you expose of yours as your part
> of your signature. Just a thou= ght Fred Olver and nine BSO
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 10, 2015, at 8:45 PM, Beth <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> =20
>> 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 is=20= already a ham, has a pretty common name. Okay,
>> I was talking to him and=20= 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=20= profile right there on QRZ, Ham Shack, Arizona's ham radio
>> database, and=20= lots of other places. So that worries me because my
>> name is a one and=20 only, pretty unique.
>> 2. If you Google the same callsign plus your name, imagine what pops
>> up=20= after that. When I Googled my name alone, I managed to bring
>> up some=20 pretty weird stuff even I admit I wrote, plus my Facebook,
>> LinkedIn,=20 Twitter, Instagram, etc. I even found my Foursquare
>> profile, and eerily,=20= I found a 411 website that contained my
>> dad's phone number and address,=20= and if you Google the correct
>> name, not Elizabeth, but Beth, you will=20 definitely pop up my dad's
>> address and phone number. I don't want this,=20= so I'm trying to
>> decide. If I google a callsign and name put together,=20 you narrow
>> your search, but it appears, however, that my boyfriend's=20 name is
>> too common, and I joked with him that he had a clone in=20 Vancouver
>> Washington State. lol So this is my dilemma: if I get a ham radio
>> license now, unmarried, with=20= the maiden name as is, my dad could
>> easily pop up in Google search=20 results, and someone, maybe another
>> strange weird person, could contact=20= my dad and ask why I even
>> bothered. He has some mental competency issues=20= with me he has not
>> resolved, so that's a given. I hate my maiden name=20 anyway. But I
>> am leaning toward waiting for a license when my marriage=20
>> certificate with my boyfriend is confirmed. When we sign and dot the
>> I's=20= and cross the T's on our I Do slip, so to speak, then I think
>> I'd be=20 better off with a ham license, smooth sailing. The reason
>> why I am=20 writing this list is to get advice and to see if I'm
>> doing this all in=20 the name of informed decision making. I know
>> some of you who are male=20 won't concur, but in this digital age,
>> you can Google somebody's=20 callsign and Lord knows what is
>> connected with that. As for my=20 boyfriend's clone in Vancouver, I'm
>> not concerned, but I find it weird.=20= I wish the boyfriend's callsign
would show me his Facebook page though,=20= after all I think that's where
we're headed.
>> Thank you all for your advice in advance.
>> =20
>> --=20
>> 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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