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Thierry wrote:
Rest the question (theoretical) to know where 'd begin K and W, on the Mississippi or not... I think that I could find the info somewhere on the web. http://www.earlyradiohistory.us/kwtrivia.htm The dividing line between W and K was originally the eastern borders of the states of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. This was set at a time when most radio stations were used to communicate with ships. W callsigns communicated with ships in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico; K callsigns communicated with ships in the Pacific Ocean. When broadcasting stations came along, they received essentially the same kind of license used by maritime shore stations, and call letters assigned the same way. As there came to be far more broadcasting stations than maritime shore stations, they began to run out of W callsigns. At that point it made more sense to move the dividing line east, and the Mississippi River was apparently a good choice. This applies only to broadcasting and commercial maritime stations though. Hams within the United States (not in offshore territories) *always* received W callsigns until after World War 2, and even after, there was never a geographic W/K dividing line for hams. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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