[PPRAANet] Downsides to ham plates

[Roger Oakey]

If you want yet another downside...

If you're parked at, say, an airport's long term parking lot, a quick search on the FCC site will reveal where a empty house possibly is.

That was my biggest concern while thinking about getting the plate, but after some deliberation I decided that even a not-so-average criminal wouldn't spend that much effort on research.

Also, consider that the FCC site allows you to search amateur radio operators by zip code, making your house more likely to be targeted for the equipment via that method anyways.

Which brings me to something I've been thinking about for awhile: Getting a dozen or so hams together to rent out one mail box to be used for ONLY an FCC registration address - to make it pretty cheap for all involved.

Or, for that matter a ham radio club could offer a box address for a fee that would make it a small moneymaker and just bring all the snail mail to the monthly meetings for members to collect.

Hint, hint :)

Roger
W3MIX

> On 05/03/2023 8:31 AM MDT Josh Olson <fatmanfx at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> I’m going to just put this out there because it swayed my decision on not getting the call sign plates. 
> If you park in a garage or someplace secure, no big deal, but if you have to park in a driveway or on the street as I do, having call sign plates are beacons to thieves that your vehicle may have high dollar goodies in it. Antennas are visible but at night can be easily overlooked by someone trolling a neighborhood but license plates stick out a lot more. Sadly in the world we live in today this kept me from getting them, but again it all depends on your situation. 
> 
> Josh O.
> NØJTO
>