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Who's got a fun hobby they want to share? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I currently don't have much time to put into hobbies, but I did some gardening/landscaping during a break in the rain last weekend. Felt great to get out and move around. Garden finally is put to bed for the winter (or what's left of it).

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do you still get doxed by policy as a ham? If so, that's going to drive off several vulnerable groups.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Effectively yes. You are required to identify your station by callsign every 10 minutes on the air, and your callsign is a matter of public record. It's how the likes of the ARRL suddenly knows how to mail you shit when you get your license. The only encrypted transmission on the amateur bands that's legal is control signals for satellites.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I know the public registry has, in the past, been a barrier to entry. Nice to see that it's still in place so only people who don't have targets painted on their backs can enter the hobby.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

If you have a pilot's license or own an airplane your name is similarly on a registry of public record.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

It is a good reason not to post your callsign on the internet. I am an amateur radio operator, you will not learn my callsign.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes. The noted popular-to-vulnerable-people hobby of flying an airplane.

Quick question (and an honest one: I genuinely don't know): can I get the name, address, and telephone number of any aircraft pilot? 'Cause I can with ham ops.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

Nope.

Pilots can opt out.

Hams cannot:

If you do not want your home address to be public information when the new license is issued, an alternative address, such as a PO Box or work address, would be acceptable.

That's the only bone the RCC will throw your way privacy-wise.