OK, I actually got a brief response from that faculty member. He says that the mailing list for that request was composed by two hard working alumni who searched through "very old records" manually.
Still really doesn't explain how they found me, but at least it appears not to have been some massive database screening.
He did give me the names of the two alums. Coincidentally, one has the same name as a fellow who was in my high school graduating class (another simple, common name.) However, I'm quite sure that individual was not at MSU when I was there. Looked for a link from the call sign to a photo of him to see if it was the same guy, but no photo found. He does still live in Michigan, whoever he is.
It might just be a complete accident. My present call sign was held by someone else before me, back in the 1980s. It's entirely possible that the prior holder was in fact an MSU student and a member of MSUARC at that time or earlier. If they just looked up call signs of former members, without checking names, they would have picked me up from the current FCC records.
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Date: 2019-09-29 04:35 pm (UTC)Still really doesn't explain how they found me, but at least it appears not to have been some massive database screening.
He did give me the names of the two alums. Coincidentally, one has the same name as a fellow who was in my high school graduating class (another simple, common name.) However, I'm quite sure that individual was not at MSU when I was there. Looked for a link from the call sign to a photo of him to see if it was the same guy, but no photo found. He does still live in Michigan, whoever he is.
It might just be a complete accident. My present call sign was held by someone else before me, back in the 1980s. It's entirely possible that the prior holder was in fact an MSU student and a member of MSUARC at that time or earlier. If they just looked up call signs of former members, without checking names, they would have picked me up from the current FCC records.