Hi Beth,
Try to relax and enjoy life and go for your license. It's a wonderful hobby
and you will meet many wonderful people as evidenced by the folks on this
list.
Assuming you are blind, you can find accessible study materials at the
Handiham website. You will have to join in order to access the material.
$12 per year or $120 for a lifetime membership. It is a wonderful resource.
Also there is tons of help right here on this list.
The website:
http://handiham.org/drupal2/
Howard #3,
W A 9 Y B W
p.s. I am Howard #3 because there three Howard's on this list.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Beth" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 4:08 AM
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,
> Home: 720-550-6142
> Cell: 720-435-7407
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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
>>>>>
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