Guest Tina Posted October 26 Report Share Posted October 26 My husband just obtained his call sign and I have a question. Are family members allowed to create their own accounts here or are they solely for the call sign holder? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRWE456 Posted October 26 Report Share Posted October 26 Hi Tina. Welcome to the forum! Should be fine as long as they use different names when signing up. The one call sign covers the whole family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tina Posted October 26 Report Share Posted October 26 10 minutes ago, WRWE456 said: Hi Tina. Welcome to the forum! Should be fine as long as they use different names when signing up. The one call sign covers the whole family. Awesome! Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxCar Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 3 hours ago, Guest Tina said: My husband just obtained his call sign and I have a question. Are family members allowed to create their own accounts here or are they solely for the call sign holder? Thanks Really that's a question for Rich as it is his site and he knows the registration requirements. WRXB215, TrikeRadio and WRUU653 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRUU653 Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 52 minutes ago, BoxCar said: Really that's a question for Rich as it is his site and he knows the registration requirements. I agree. My understanding is if the call sign is already registered here it can’t be used again but @rdunajewski (aka Rich) is really the person to ask. I reported my own post in this thread so hopefully he will see it and properly respond to your (op) question. WRXB215 and SteveShannon 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRWE456 Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 There must be a way. This is a new question that I have not seen asked before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXB215 Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 @WRWE456 just because the FCC allows a family to use a single license, that does not mean the registration for this form works that way. Rich can program it however he wants. Maybe he has programmed that way or maybe he intends to some day. I can tell you, as a programmer myself, that not every feature is as easy as people think. WRUU653 and SteveShannon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OffRoaderX Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 18 hours ago, WRWE456 said: There must be a way. 1 minute ago, WRXB215 said: .... as a programmer myself, that not every feature is as easy as people think. You mean, he can't just click the "do it the way some rando on the internet says to do it" button? TrikeRadio, WRUU653 and WRXB215 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sidneyw Posted October 27 Report Share Posted October 27 How often newly issue callsigns are updated in your data for new member registration? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdunajewski Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 18 hours ago, Guest sidneyw said: How often newly issue callsigns are updated in your data for new member registration? We update the database daily, but the FCC data we have access to is typically 1-2 days behind the FCC website, unfortunately. WRXB215 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdunajewski Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 On 10/26/2024 at 5:18 PM, Guest Tina said: My husband just obtained his call sign and I have a question. Are family members allowed to create their own accounts here or are they solely for the call sign holder? Thanks Currently, only one account can be created per GMRS callsign as a security measure to prevent multiple random people from trying to register the same callsign. This works fine for families where one member is the coordinator of the communications, but I know it isn't ideal when multiple people have an interest in participating independently. I was thinking about changing the user accounts on this website to allow a single "main account" per callsign. The account holder can then create multiple subaccounts sharing the same callsign: this way, the account holder/licensee controls who may share their license regarding a myGMRS account and we prevent the issue of random people trying to claim a callsign over and over again. Imagine how many people would try to claim mine, for example. What does everyone think about that? SteveShannon, TrikeRadio and GreggInFL 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrikeRadio Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 8 minutes ago, rdunajewski said: I was thinking about changing the user accounts on this website to allow a single "main account" per callsign. The account holder can then create multiple subaccounts sharing the same callsign... What does everyone think about that? That sounds like a good solution to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRXB215 Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 @rdunajewski I wouldn't want to add more work for you but that does sound like a good solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveShannon Posted October 28 Report Share Posted October 28 That seems like a good solution. Would it also take advantage of the “Unit Number“ field you have now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabby Posted 18 hours ago Report Share Posted 18 hours ago On 10/28/2024 at 11:16 AM, rdunajewski said: Currently, only one account can be created per GMRS callsign as a security measure to prevent multiple random people from trying to register the same callsign. This works fine for families where one member is the coordinator of the communications, but I know it isn't ideal when multiple people have an interest in participating independently. I was thinking about changing the user accounts on this website to allow a single "main account" per callsign. The account holder can then create multiple subaccounts sharing the same callsign: this way, the account holder/licensee controls who may share their license regarding a myGMRS account and we prevent the issue of random people trying to claim a callsign over and over again. Imagine how many people would try to claim mine, for example. What does everyone think about that? This would be great if it the forum allows it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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