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

[k8do]

Umm, there is no longer any requirement that the station be operated from
the location listed on the license, only that the station have a valid
mailing address through which the commission can communicate...  I can
operate from the moon for all the comission cares...

Denny

----- 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 7:18 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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