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Offline Mark 79

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Ham Radio - use home address or not
« on: November 19, 2019, 08:57:07 AM »
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    • Quote from: Bonaventure on November 18, 2019, 07:39:58 PM
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    There's a reason post office boxes were invented.  Anyone who puts their actual home address on their application for a --publicly accessible license-- has only the fool in the mirror to blame.

    You mentioned the problem of using one's "actual home address" in applying for a "PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LICENSE."

    I mentioned one potential problem with NOT using one's "actual home address" in applying for a "PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LICENSE."

    In many (most? all?) states driver licenses are publicly accessible.

    ¿Entiende?
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    Re: Ham Radio - use home address or not
    « Reply #1 on: November 19, 2019, 09:30:55 AM »
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    • Quote from: Mark 79 on November 19, 2019, 08:57:07 AM
    You mentioned the problem of using one's "actual home address" in applying for a "PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LICENSE."

    I mentioned one potential problem with NOT using one's "actual home address" in applying for a "PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LICENSE."

    In many (most? all?) states driver licenses are publicly accessible.

    ¿Entiende?

    No, no entiendo, señor.

    You make absolutely no sense.  

    You're just grasping at straws now. I have laid out in clear terms how one does not need, nay, is not legally required, to provide a mailing address that identically matches a residential address on a driver's license when applying for an amateur radio license. So a POB/PMB not listed on one's identification (e.g., driver's license) will more than suffice for the purpose of obtaining an amateur radio license.  That BATFE is now apparently requiring one to put their residential address when filling out a Form 4473 is a wholly unrelated issue.  BTW, Form 4473's are not publicly accessible. Nor am I aware of any interagency sharing between the FCC and BATFE, making your assertions that much more puzzling.  What's next?  One should be worried abut filing a tax return with the IRS with one's home address contained on it?  Good grief.

    "In many (most? all?) states driver licenses are publicly accessible"  Please identify, and share with us, which states, and how, this information is "publicly accessible."   I know where I live, a civilian can not simply access the State's driver's license database, nor the vehicle registration database--let alone just go to an internet website wherein said information is readily available at your fingertips (as it is with QRZ.com or the FCC license page). Whereas a person's call sign, whether it be transmitted over the air, or found on the license plate of a vehicle, can be searched in a matter of seconds via QRZ.com, or by going to the FCC license page,the same does not hold true for one's driver's license number (which is not transmitted over the air or contained within public view), or a regular license plate number.
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    Re: Ham Radio - use home address or not
    « Reply #2 on: November 19, 2019, 09:38:04 AM »
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    • Please re-read your original post.

    In that post I linked, you said "PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LICENSE," not "ham license."

    Because of that general statement, I mentioned a pitfall of using a mailing address on a different PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LICENSE, one's driver license—the difficulty of legally purchasing a gun when one has a mailing address on their driver license.

    That's important to some people, so I mentioned it. Your advice works well for ham licenses, but not for legal gun purchases from an FFL.

    I simply mentioned an instance in which your general advice has a pitfall.

    Quote from: Bonaventure on November 18, 2019, 07:39:58 PM
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    There's a reason post office boxes were invented.  Anyone who puts their actual home address on their application for a --publicly accessible license-- has only the fool in the mirror to blame.
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    Re: Ham Radio - use home address or not
    « Reply #3 on: November 19, 2019, 09:46:13 AM »
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    • Can you guys start a new thread, maybe titled, "Should you provide physical address for Ham Radio license"?
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    Re: Ham Radio - use home address or not
    « Reply #4 on: November 19, 2019, 09:57:49 AM »
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    • Quote from: Matthew on November 19, 2019, 09:46:13 AM
    Can you guys start a new thread, maybe titled, "Should you provide physical address for Ham Radio license"?

    What for?  Mark79 just wants to nitpick over wholly unrelated BATFE rules.

     
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    Re: Ham Radio - use home address or not
    « Reply #5 on: November 19, 2019, 02:09:39 PM »
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    • It is a bad idea to use your actual home address for your Ham License.
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    Re: Ham Radio - use home address or not
    « Reply #6 on: November 19, 2019, 04:48:48 PM »
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    • Quote from: Mark 79 on November 19, 2019, 02:09:39 PM
    It is a bad idea to use your actual home address for your Ham License.
    Agreed wholeheartedly.  When I had my PO Box, I used that for my ham license, for obvious reasons.  I had to discontinue my PO Box for budget-tightening reasons, and now have no choice but to use my home address.  That is one reason I no longer publicize my ham call sign.
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