ULS addresses

[n9ape]

Back in ham radio after years away. #I've started working to make contacts and to build toward WAS, DXCC, etc. #It's really frustrating #- especially in contesting - to look up a call on QRZ, get the mailing address, verify it on ULS, only to have the card I send sent back as "No Such Number Unable to Forward" #or have an erroneous zip code, causing the card to bounce. I doubt there's a solution; just needed to vent #(with postage at 41cents, I think I'm entitled).

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[N2RJ]

The FCC has been cracking down on incorrect addresses lately.

A friend of mine got a warning letter for a wrong address and it even made the enforcement logs at ARRL.

What I don't understand is someone who makes QSOs with intent to QSL, yet doesn't have a correct QSL route. Scratching my head over that one...

[w3wn]

Typos happen. If you look up the calls of two friends of mine, a husband & wife team, you'll find slightly different addresses -- due to a transposition error on data entry. [And yes, I've mentioned it to them]

One thing you can do is go to the US Postal Service web-site and look up the ZIP code for the address. [Obviously this only works for US addresses, although Canada Post and others have similar sites]. This will verify addresses too, and the mail gets there a day or two faster (or so they say) when you use the ZIP+5 codes.

[ky5u]

Quote[/b] (n5ova @ July 05 2007,13:34)]Back in ham radio after years away. I've started working to make contacts and to build toward WAS, DXCC, etc. It's really frustrating - especially in contesting - to look up a call on QRZ, get the mailing address, verify it on ULS, only to have the card I send sent back as "No Such Number Unable to Forward" or have an erroneous zip code, causing the card to bounce. I doubt there's a solution; just needed to vent (with postage at 41cents, I think I'm entitled).

73
Dovid


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Turn them in to the FCC. I was doing a free service for a disabled Amateur a few years ago to renew his license. When he dictated the info to me, I noticed his address was not right as stated. I told him we needed to use his correct address, and he didn't agree. I suggested he do his own renewal application if he was going to lie.

[KI4MRU]

I always verify addresses with the USPS before mailing: http://zip4.usps.com/zip4

[k7mh]

I must be lucky. I do not remember ever having a qsl card returned due to a bad mailing address, and that is a LOT of qsl cards!!
Always ask if they "are good in the callbook" as we used to say or good on qrz.com if you intend to qsl. That would help. Also make sure you copied the address correctly for the web page. Also, make sure someone else can read what you wrote for the address! My penmanship is not very good so I am careful in writing the address on the envelope and have pitched more than a few after I had written it hastily and saw how it looked! Envelopes are cheap compared to stamps!!

[WA9SVD]

The FCC presently requires a valid mailing address be provided to them. It does NOT have to by a licensee's home address, or station location, but it DOES have to be an address where mail does NOT come back to them as "undeliverable."
IF your mail were corrensondence from the FCC and was returned to them, a person's license could be suspended.

A change of address with the FCC is so simple, it's difficult to understand why some people neglect to do so. And the requirement IS in the rules, so "ignorance of the law" is no excuse.

[kb2vxa]

"IF your mail were correspondence from the FCC and was returned to them, a person's license could be suspended."

Now that's an interesting point, but how will the licensee know his license has been suspended? I suppose you can see where this would lead.

Speaking of leading, I know a ham who uses his ex wife's address and she's not known for an amicable demeanor. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif