@CallsignBetaFrom Cloudbase
Free, and it stays free

Everybody needs a callsign.

One short name, one page behind it: your photo, a few honest sentences, your links, and a way for people to write to you. It goes in your bio, your signature and on the back of your card.

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Your strip, as you type
Callsign@yournameyou, in a line…
BaseK···I'll find your nearest airport.
Squawk··Your short code. Never reused.

Type a name. Letters, numbers and hyphens, two or more.

The board

Teachers, potters, inspectors, coaches. All on frequency.

Every page can be a strip on the board: a callsign, what they do, where they're based. Hover one and it lights up the way a strip does when the controller picks it up.

@maria Maria OkaforPiano teacher. Kids, and the grown-ups who always meant to learn. KLNS4F Field notes
@dana Dana RuizThrows pots, teaches Saturday wheel classes. KCXYM8 Workbench
@aaron AaronCareer Tinkerer KCXYJS First Flight
@priya Priya ShahLand surveyor. Boundaries, easements, the odd fence argument. KBWIR2 House
@marcus Marcus LeeMath tutor, grades 6 to 12. Patient on purpose. KPHLQ9 Letterpress
@rosa Rosa DelgadoRuns a coaching practice for first-time managers. KPITH3 Squawk

Examples, not real people. Yours takes about three minutes.

What's behind it

A page that sounds like you, and works like a front door.

  1. Your callsign, and your baseA short handle that's yours for good, the nearest airport, and your local time, so people know when to expect you.
  2. A few honest sentencesIn your own words. No templates that make everyone sound like a LinkedIn summary.
  3. A Now lineWhat you're on these days. It dates itself, and nothing nags you to update it.
  4. A way to write to youWithout anyone needing your email first. Notes land with you and are copied to your inbox.
  5. Links that prove they're yoursPoint your site back and it earns a small tick. No tick is just no tick, never a warning.
Aaron
Live· Aaron
Aaron
Career Tinkerer
Callsign@aaron
BaseKCXYCapital City
Local09:41Eastern
SquawkJS

Husband, father, thinker, writer, doer. I run Cloudbase and a bunch of other things from Humble Harrisburg, PA.

Now · since Oct 28Building Cloudbase and getting excited for the approaching Thanksgiving and Christmas Season!
⟩ Write to meEmailAsk for a callSave my contact
Personal siteaaronaiken.me→
My Storycadencestories.com/p/the-long-way→
No radar

Nobody's watching your page. Not even me.

Other link pages count every visitor, chart them and sell the chart back to you. Callsign has no radar. I don't keep a single number about who looked, so there's nothing to chase and nothing to leak.

What you do get: the notes people actually send you, kept and forwarded to your inbox.

The placard

Something to hand people.

A card with your strip on the front and your QR on the back, ten to a sheet, printable at any copy shop. The code points at your callsign, so change your words a hundred times and every card still lands.

Front: your strip.

An example card, front: @aaron, Aaron, Career Tinkerer, base KCXY, squawk JS
Make it yours

Same page, four ways. Or write the CSS yourself.

Maria Okafor@maria · KLNS
Piano teacher
Squawk
Maria Okafor Piano teacher
Field notes
Maria Okafor Piano teacher
Workbench
Maria Okafor Piano teacher
House
Straight answers · the transcript

You ask, I answer.

YouIs it really free?
Aaron

Yes, for as long as you want it. No card to make one, and no card to keep it.

YouWhat's the catch?
Aaron

One quiet line at the foot of your page that says Callsign. If you ever use the rest of Cloudbase, you can take it off.

YouWill you email me about upgrading?
Aaron

No. You'll hear from me when someone writes to you, and when I ship something you'd want to know about.

YouCan I make it look like mine?
Aaron

Every color, font, photo shape and layout, and CSS if you want it. Your name and how to reach you always show.

YouWhat if I stop using it?
Aaron

Export the whole page as one file whenever you like. If you turn it off, nothing is deleted, and your callsign stays yours.

Your callsign is waiting

Claim yours before someone with your name does.

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Free, no card, about three minutes.