CA license plate

[gonejeeping15]

Received my ham call sign CA lic. plate the other day. Directly below the call sign in small red letters is "dmv.ca.gov"

Kinda looks like a gov't plate on a Jeep?

 

[adventureduo]

On the plate it has the dmv's url? Mine doesn't have anything but my callsign.

 

[BKCowGod]

They musta just added that recently. My latest custom plate doesn't have it. Get some white reflective tape and cover that up!

 

[gonejeeping15]

They musta just added that recently. My latest custom plate doesn't have it. Get some white reflective tape and cover that up!

Good idea, some of these places we go (down south) you would knot want to be looking like a state employee.

 

[Hill Bill E.]

Directly below the call sign in small red letters is "dmv.ca.gov"

I noticed that on a Cali plate here a couple weeks ago. My first thought was: "An official CA car here?"

Then realized it was just a regular plate with the URL on it. Kind of weird.

I like the State logo's better.

 

[Fish]

One thing with having your call sign on your license plate. DMV records are private. FCC records are not. So someone could use your call sign plate to look up your home address, if that's what was listed on your FCC record.

 

[brussum]

IIRC, I've seen the official state web address on some plates from Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Perhaps it's a growing trend.

 

[kjp1969]

One thing with having your call sign on your license plate. DMV records are private. FCC records are not. So someone could use your call sign plate to look up your home address, if that's what was listed on your FCC record.

That's a good reason to use an alternate address, like work address or a p.o. box. I don't like the idea of using my call sign out in the Mojave (or worse, APRS position) and let someone know where I'm not.