What Ken says is true, I live on the outer perimeter of the Wake Forest,
NC mailing area, and based on my mailing address, QRZ.com initially
listed me in grid square FM05 when I am actually in FM06 (FM06rb to be
more specific).
Yes, I changed it at QRZ,com, bot many others in a similar situation may
not change theirs.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 7/3/2013 8:12 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote:
Someone wrote; " It is very simple to check the callsign on qrz.com and see
the qth."
This simply isn't true .... be careful!
Unless corrected by the licensee, the QRZ listing and everything about
it depends on the FCC-supplied data. If the "address of record" is a
P. O. Box, the location will depend solely on that information. This
includes the grid square, county and in some cases is many miles
the licensee's actual location.
Butte, MT is split between two grid squares, and I have a friend who's
P. O. Box address ... and QRZ info ... is in a different grid square from
where he lives and operates.
A case in point ... I'm the trustee of our club's call (W7VNE). As far
as anyone can recall it's -never- been on the air from it's QRZ location
-or- even county! Yet, it's been used in FD for over 40 years, but in a
different (and somewhat rare) county.
Things aren't always how they appear ...
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