This is one of the main reasons I have a separate e-mail for ham radio. I also use a PO Box for my registration and contact lists instead of my home address.
Also, please remove my home phone number from the public online roster. Brad K5BES On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 07:54 Rick Hiller via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > William, et al, > > As a long time Ham and BVARC member......I know that the club has in the > past deleted members info on the membership list, which IS public, at their > request. No problem. However, please remember that "Once you are a US > government licensed Ham, your call, address etc. is open to the world, > unfortunately. Plus, a little more digging on free sites gives you full > details on you (and me) etc. > > I Googled your call, William, and no reference to BVARC came up, just as > an FYI....... but all the rest of the normal, QRZ, FCC, Radio Reference > sites, etc. came up readily available outside of BVARC. > > *If y'all are worried about privacy you should not be a government > licensed anything, as all of that data is public and available on-line.* > > As an adjunct topic........You do know that anything you say or do on the > air -- HF, VHF, etc. is an open forum. Not only the hams participating in > the net can hear you but also scanner monitors and short wave listeners. > Case in point: We had a new member a few years back that was divulging > too much information on the repeater. Kids names, schools, times, etc and > much more. He was advised to cut back on the info discussed, and did, > thank goodness. > > GL ES 73...Rick -- W5RH > ======================================================================= > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 7:16 AM William Elliott via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I'm a month into the club and my info popped up too. I'd rather that not >> be publicly posted. >> >> >>> ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >
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