Wadcutter wrote:
Before you post your ham call sign on the internet or using it as your user name do a search on google.com. Ham call signs are listed on Google at fcc.gov and gives your full name and address. If you're OK with that then that's up to you. But at least be aware that your ID is readily available.
Yes, that is quite true. However, if you follow FCC rules to the letter, you will be announcing your call sign frequently over the airwaves, for any short wave listener to hear. It doesn't matter what frequency you use, there is a scanner or short wave receiver that can listen to you.
For that matter, all somebody has to do is drive around looking for towers and antennae, and they can spot a ham operator very easily.
Privacy and security are illusions. There is very little of either in the world of today!
