In article t, "KØHB"
writes:

So you could just look at a callsign
and know
which state the ham was in.


Aw, gee, Jim, that isn't nearly complicated enough.

Yeah - what was I thinking?

You gotta get it
down to the country level at least, preferably the city or township
level.

Naw. Grid squares!

The control freaks would like something like the old convoluted
USSR system. If you knew a guys call sign, the system was almost
detailed enough to use for targeting ICBMs. See below. Riley
Hollingsworth could just dial in your call sign, and a boomer sub off
the coast of New Jersey would target a tomahawk with the violation
notice attached to the nosecone.

There's a way to spend the peace dividend! (remember that?)

I can just see it now ---- "Hey,
K4CAP, your stations RF Exposure Evaluation appears to need updating.
Please report when you have completed the required survey."

bwaahaahaa

It sure would make SS, county-hunting and such a bit easier, though.

TERRITORIES, PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES OF THE FORMER USSR.

(snipped due to length)

Did those guys have a fixation for bureaucracy or what? Or maybe their DF
capabilites were very limited.

And don't forget RAEM

73 de Jim, N2EY

Subject: Who Can Have A US License? Sequential Calls?
From: PAMNO (N2EY)
Date: 11/26/2004 8:31 AM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

Did those guys have a fixation for bureaucracy or what? Or maybe their DF
capabilites were very limited.

I guess that's what happens when you have bureaucrats sitting around with
nothing to do except validate their existence as "public servants". Especially
when jobs are scarce and you have mouths to feed.

73

Steve, K4YZ