[SFDXA] FACEBOOK SAYS OK TO HAM CALLS AS NAME

[Bill]

From CWops list:


July 20, 2014 2:55 PM
To: PVRC Reflector
Subject: Re: [PVRC] FACEBOOK SAYS OK TO HAM CALLS AS NAME

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Pat <pz20003 at gmail.com> wrote:

> HAM HAPPENINGS: FACEBOOK SAYS OK TO HAM CALLS AS ALTERNATE NAME
>
> Officially licensed amateur radio operators may now use their call 
> sign as their alternate name, or nickname, on their individual Facebook profiles.
> This thanks to Richard Bobbitt, NW7OR, who recently organized a 
> petition drive on the social media site in the hope of achieving this goal.
>
> It turned out that Jeff Ferland, KB1PNB, who works at the Facebook 
> Headquarters in Menlo Park, California found the petition on an 
> amateur radio Facebook Group to which he belongs. After doing a bit of 
> research Ferland wrote the necessary code, then got it reviewed and approved.
>
> To add your call Bobitt says to go to go to “Settings”, then click on 
> “Edit Your Name.” In the middle of the page you will see the words 
> “Alternate Name.” That’s where you can add your callsign.
>
> Bobbitt says that the petition was originally the idea of Richard 
> Allcorn, KW7PTL, without whom, this may not have happened so easily and quickly.
> Over 1000 hams on Facebook signed the petition within the first week 
> or so after it was posted on the various Facebook ham radio pages.
> (NW7OR