i wonder if i'll ever get back to ham radio
it's sucks that callsigns are doxxing
@catoutofbed Wait, they are? I thought you just made them up.
@witchfynder_finder
nope
federally assigned
the strings themselves identify roughly where you're from and you can just look them up online
@catoutofbed Oh wow. I had no idea. Is there like a way to figure out what yours would be online or is there, like, A Whole Process? I'm kinda curious about mine now.
@witchfynder_finder
they're just like licence ids basicly
so like if you had
kd1xyz
k is one of the united states prefixs (the other being n i think)
d is block d
1 says new england
xyz is just a sequential id
@queerhackerwitch @witchfynder_finder
yup
whole set of stuff around that
@queerhackerwitch @witchfynder_finder @catoutofbed yup, i've got a 1x3 myself, just took a lot of waiting because digital applications wait until any conflicting mail applications are given time to make their way to the FCC.
@mallaidh @catoutofbed @witchfynder_finder Maybe after I get my license straightened out I’ll see if I can get it changed to something ending in FOX
@catoutofbed @witchfynder_finder IIRC there is a provision for vanity call signs though