Hi Reg

It is indeed very simple

Once you post to this NG it is publicly available to anyone and anything
that has an internet connection. Data about you can be farmed,
correlated and remarketed. If you have trouble believing that do a
Google on your callsign in NG's and see how many hits you get.

Even if one posts with a callsign (which I do) it is then easy to cross
reference that to a govt database containing home address etc details. I
dont have an issue with people not posting their callsigns for this
reason. If personal contact is needed it is very easy to ask and I have
never had a problem in doing so

Between me and the other experimnenter/hobbiests in this NG I have no
problem with my identity or pride thereof. It's the "dark unknowns"
grin I have the problem with.

Cheers Bob VK2YQA/WA5 Longview Texas (in 2 weeks anyway!)


Reg Edwards wrote:
Why do so few correspondents on newsgroups give their real names and
call signs?

Why the hidden secrets?

People should be proud of their call signs.

Or do radio amateurs suffer from inferiority complexes.

Back to SWR.
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Reg, G4FGQ