Capt. Rawles,
I enjoy your blog very much, however, I have read several times that you need a physical mailing address to get an amateur (ham) radio license. I don’t believe that is correct. If you look closely at FCC form 605, line 15, they ask for a “P.O. Box, and/or Street Address”. The FCC needs a “address of record”. One could rent a box at a UPS Store (which gives a street address) they just want to be able to reach you by mail. You can also register as an “Entity”, i.e. a business, corporation, LLC, etc. I recently went through the process. I used an old business that has not been active in years, along with it’s EIN, instead of my social security number. It should not be very difficult to keep ones actual physical address out of the FCC database, without lying or doing anything illegal. – The Shiny New Tech
Letter Re: Ham Radio Privacy
