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

[Anthony Brooks]

Part 97 says that:

"§97.23 Mailing address.

Each license grant must show the grantee's correct name and mailing address.
The mailing address must be in an area where the amateur service is
regulated by the FCC and where the grantee can receive mail delivery by the
United States Postal Service. Revocation of the station license or
suspension of the operator license may result when correspondence from the
FCC is returned as undeliverable because the grantee failed to provide the
correct mailing address. "

That means that if they don't update, then they are putting their license in
jeopardy.  My wife and I recently moved, both hams, and we had our records
updated within one week of the move.  What active ham would jeopardize their
license, granted this action is rarely taken, over some small detail as
changing the address in the system?  It is not like it takes long to update,
did my wife and my updates in less than 5 minutes online.

I am usually an SWL to the reflector, but this one seemed relevant to me.
Just my 2 cents.

73 de
Anthony, WM3T


----- Original Message -----
From: "K9YO-Cedrick W. Johnson" <k9yo at ix.netcom.com>
To: "Nat Heatwole" <heatwole at clark.net>; <CQ-Contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2001 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Reporting Bogus Station Addresses To The FCC


>
> 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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