[Elecraft] [KX3] OT: QRZ.com "locations" caution

[Rick Tavan N6XI]

In addition, club calls start out with the trustee's address which could be
hundreds of miles away from the club's operating location. But change of
address transactions can change this relationship.

Also, some hams operate from multiple locations using the same call; me,
for example. When you work N6XI (or Filly Contest Group WF6C), you could be
working Santa Clara County CA CM87xg or Nevada County CA CM99wj. I do my
best to segregate my logs so my QSL responses can show where I was
operating.

Bottom line is, you really don't know where a US station is located unless
you ask the operator or receive a QSL (paper or electronic). LoTW supports
any number of locations. I think eQSL does, too.

73,

/Rick

On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Ken G Kopp <kengkopp at gmail.com> wrote:

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>
>
> Someone wrote; " It is very simple to check the callsign on qrz.com and
> see the qth."
>
> This simply isn't true .... be careful!
>
> Unless corrected by the licensee, the QRZ listing and everything about
> it depends on the FCC-supplied data.  If the "address of record" is a
> P. O. Box, the location will depend solely on that information.  This
> includes the grid square, county and in some cases is many miles
> the licensee's actual location.
>
> Butte, MT is split between two grid squares, and I have a friend who's
> P. O. Box address ... and QRZ info ... is in a different grid square from
> where he lives and operates.
>
> A case in point ... I'm the trustee of our club's call (W7VNE).  As far
> as anyone can recall it's -never- been on the air from it's QRZ location
> -or- even county!  Yet, it's been used in FD for over 40 years, but in a
> different (and somewhat rare) county.
>
> Things aren't always how they appear ...
>
> 73!
>
> Ken Kopp - K0PP
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Rick Tavan N6XI
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