-=> On 02-18-98  07:12, Russ Wuertz said to Ivy Iverson,<=-
-=>"About License...,"<=-
 
Hi, Russ;
 
 RW> Your the guy to ask.
 
Thank you.
 
(Gal, actually.)
 
 RW> Is there a look-up data base that I can access from my computer?
 RW> I need to make contact and send out QSL cards to contacts.
 
Yes, you can ask Dennis, (your SysOp), to areafix the CALLSIGN echo.
In there, you can send a message to CALLSIGN SERVER and give either the
person's call or their name in the subjest line and it will look up the
name, address and callsign.  (It will also look up by city or zipcode).
OR if you have Internet access, you can check by callsign at www.qrz.com.
 
 RW> Also from time to time I notice BAD call letters and people
 RW> immitating  people with a Amateur radio license.   Who do I report them
 RW> to.  In the Case  of Packet, I have their phoney call letters caputured
 RW> to disk.
 RW> Should I be sending this phoney call letter info to anyone in
 RW> particular to check them out?
 
If you know who your local OO, (Official Observer) is, you can contact him
or her.  Otherwise, you should report them to the F.C.C.  I believe they
can be reached at www.fcc.gov on the Internet, or you can write to the FCC.
I don't have their address handy, but if you addressed it to: F.C.C.,
Gettysburg, PA, I'm sure they would get it.  Another good place to report
violators would be ARRL, 225 Main St., Newington, CT 06111-1494.  They
would be able to foreward your report to the enforcement branch of the
FCC, and may be able to apply a little pressure of their own.
 
One question: How do you know that they are phoney calls?  They could
have been recently assigned.  The database at QRZ.COM is updated daily
from the FCC's callsign database, and if the callsign server in the
CALLSIGN echo can't find a call, it will check one of the frequently
updated databases, so either way you can get updated information.
 
KF4ODD DE KB9QPM 73
   Ivy
 
 
 
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