User Name

[WRTR769]

I just joined this site about a week ago.

When I entered my information, it asked for my call sign, which it used as my username.

I might just as well have my address and phone number as my username....

And yet there is an old post here warning about posting private information.

[KAF6045]

License information is public information -- anyone can scan the ULS to find call signs, names, and addresses of licensees. When using the radio, you are required to ID... So anyone monitoring/scanning GMRS channels living in your vicinity can easily record your ID from the air and then use ULS to find that information. They are more likely to be a threat than people living states away using this forum.

 

[SteveShannon]

2 hours ago, WRTR769 said:

I just joined this site about a week ago.

When I entered my information, it asked for my call sign, which it used as my username.

I might just as well have my address and phone number as my username....

And yet there is an old post here warning about posting private information.

When I joined, which was very late last year, I had the option of creating a username. I still had to provide my call sign so they could verify my license, but I didn’t have to use my call sign as my username. 
 

[TNRonin]

When I joined, which was very late last year, I had the option of creating a username. I still had to provide my call sign so they could verify my license, but I didn’t have to use my call sign as my username. 
 

Ditto

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[wayoverthere]

On 7/30/2022 at 12:22 PM, Sshannon said:

When I joined, which was very late last year, I had the option of creating a username. I still had to provide my call sign so they could verify my license, but I didn’t have to use my call sign as my username. 
 

Same here as well, hence...

(I think I have the same name on the gotenna mesh forum as well)

[kirk5056]

I would like to see more usernames and fewer call signs.  For continuity I can not remember who wrote what when it is call signs (not my memory type).

[WRUA872]

I just joined, and I'm experiencing the same issue. I'd like to change my username from my callsign to something else. Following this thread in case anyone has a solution.

[gortex2]

Solution is to send a PM to Rich

[WRTR769]

On 8/10/2022 at 3:53 PM, gortex2 said:

Solution is to send a PM to Rich

Thanks, but some of us haven`t been here long, who is Rich, and how do I send him a PM?

[gortex2]

Rich owns and run mygmrs.com. You can get him on the main gmrs page.

https://mygmrs.com/user/rdunajewski