[CQ-Contest] Reporting Bogus Station Addresses To The FCC

[K9YO-Cedrick W. Johnson]

While it may not exactly be the most legal thing, many hams just get caught 
up in moving. Who wants to fill out MORE paperwork after finishing a big 
move? Eventually they will get around to it, and it will just work itself 
out. I have run into the same problem, and if it's in a contest, I ask them 
during a SLOOOW period (3AM??) what is their current address or where can I 
find it to obtain a QSL, if I needed it.


I think you should just let the whole thing work itself out, it usually has 
a tendency to do that. Eventually they will remember
to update their current address, but this is only a hobby, and remembering 
to update your address for a qrz engine is not something I would put higher 
on my list, esp. after dealing with moving, movers, loan sharks, etc.


.02

-Cedrick




At 04:24 PM 8/11/2001 -0400, Nat Heatwole wrote:

>I may be in the minority here, but I am a contester who actually sends
>please QSL's to other stateside stations attempting to gain a return QSL
>(gasp). This is usually done for some award but has other more
>station-specific reasons as well. Anyway, as I've been focusing in more of
>my QSLing efforts on domestic stations recently and as a result have been
>sending more please QSL's to stateside stations.
>
>I've noticed an interesting trend that has followed my upswing of sending
>more domestic QSL cards. More and more of them are being returned due to
>bogus station addresses. Things such as "Attempted: Not Known" and "No Such
>Address" is marked on the envelope when it's returned. And it's not just
>individual's who have moved and have not yet informed the FCC. The *VAST*
>majority of these bogus addresses belong to Contesting Clubs (I can tell
>from the name listed on the callsign servers). I don't mean clubs like PVRC,
>SECC, or YCCC (to name a few) but smaller contesting groups confined to much
>smaller areas. Perhaps just a town or locality, or just a small group of
>friends. Some of them are probably Single Op's who got a club call for WPX
>as well.
>
>I've always had a few of these returned but never as many as I've had
>recently. I get all of my address information from QRZ.com or Buckmaster and
>they get theirs direct from the FCC. This means that these contesting clubs
>(and some individual contesters) have invalid station addresses registered
>at the FCC for they callsign. This is a clear FCC rule violation and I
>thought that I would start reporting these. Does anyone know how I would go
>about reporting this to the FCC? Preferably through the Internet or snail
>mail if possible. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
>
>73, Nat, WZ3AR
><heatwole at clark.net>
>
>
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