What Use Is An F-call?

What use is an F-call? Amateur Radio is as much about radio as it is about community. If you've only just received your license there is a vast treasure trove of information available on the Internet. Of course you'll find other amateurs online, search by callsign, since it seems that most amateurs include that somewhere in their post - seems like a badge of honour - seriously, there are billions of web pages around and finding those pertaining to amateur radio are greatly helped by the inclusion of your callsign. The Internet is used for all manner of things, information about choosing a radio, places to buy said radio and places to avoid. Information about buying or building antennas, information about propagation, online shacks with video streams, online receivers, clusters of computers sharing DX information, contests, logs and QSL information. There's software, maps, operation guides, buy and sell markets, discussion Fora, even what use is an F-call is online. One thing you might want to consider is