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In article , Robert Casey
writes: Back in the olden days, two brothers living at the same house got their ham licenses. But the FCC, seeing the same address, made them share the same callsign, as they shared the same shack. When was this, Robert? I know of two brothers with licenses who lived at the same address and had two different callsigns - more than 30 years ago. Going back into the 1950s, I've read of husband-and-wife hams at the same address with different callsigns. So it would go back to pre-1950 or so. More fun facts: At the start of WW2, the FCC cancelled all amateur radio station licenses, and stopped issuing new ones. But you could still get an amateur radio operator license - there were just no legal amateur stations where you could use it. For many years, FCC and its predecessors would allow the same individual to hold multiple station licenses. This was fairly common back when portable operation required you to identify as such, and when you had to notify FCC if you operated away from home for more than 48 hours. Hams with a second residence, or who went away to the same place regularly, sometimes got second station licenses to avoid all that. Here in EPA, where it's common for well-to-do hams to own places "down the shore" in SNJ, more than a few hams held two station licenses - one with a 3-land call and one with a 2-land call. When those old rules changed, one of those calls had to be given up. 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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N2EY wrote:
In article , Robert Casey writes: Back in the olden days, two brothers living at the same house got their ham licenses. But the FCC, seeing the same address, made them share the same callsign, as they shared the same shack. When was this, Robert? Sometime in the 20's or 30's, IIRC. |
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In article , Robert Casey
writes: N2EY wrote: In article , Robert Casey writes: Back in the olden days, two brothers living at the same house got their ham licenses. But the FCC, seeing the same address, made them share the same callsign, as they shared the same shack. When was this, Robert? Sometime in the 20's or 30's, IIRC. Ah - that fits. In that era, mobile and portable operation by hams was not allowed. A station license was for one location only! The rules changed in the very late '20s and '30s to allow portable and finally mobile operation. (Until 1949, mobile operation was not allowed below 25 MHz, and for a time in the 1930s, portable operation required a special "Z" or "ZZ" license with four letters after the number. W6AM got callsign "W6ZZAM" for portable use.) 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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Subject: operator's licence vs. station licence
From: PAMNO (N2EY) Date: 10/19/2004 4:42 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: (Until 1949, mobile operation was not allowed below 25 MHz...(SNIP) Considering that you almost needed a seperate trailer to carry the gear, this was hardly an impediment! ...(UNSNIP).. and for a time in the 1930s, portable operation required a special "Z" or "ZZ" license with four letters after the number. W6AM got callsign "W6ZZAM" for portable use.) I wonder who came up with that idea? 73 Steve, K4YZ |
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Subject: operator's licence vs. station licence
From: (N2EY) Date: 10/19/2004 4:04 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: (Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ... Subject: operator's licence vs. station licence From: PAMNO (N2EY) Date: 10/19/2004 4:42 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: (Until 1949, mobile operation was not allowed below 25 MHz...(SNIP) Considering that you almost needed a seperate trailer to carry the gear, this was hardly an impediment! Not really. Look at an ARC-5 receiver, and how much could be packed into a small space using mid-1930s technology. Hams could, and did, build very compact equipment without "miniature" parts. ...(UNSNIP).. and for a time in the 1930s, portable operation required a special "Z" or "ZZ" license with four letters after the number. W6AM got callsign "W6ZZAM" for portable use.) I wonder who came up with that idea? The govt. was very cautious in those days about such things. Spies and all that. Ya thik a spy would apply for a license in ANY radio service, Jim? Steve, K4YZ |
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Subject: operator's licence vs. station licence
From: (Steve Robeson K4CAP) Date: 10/19/2004 8:08 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: Subject: operator's licence vs. station licence From: (N2EY) Date: 10/19/2004 4:04 PM Central Standard Time Message-id: (Steve Robeson K4CAP) wrote in message ... Subject: operator's licence vs. station licence From: PAMNO (N2EY) Date: 10/19/2004 4:42 AM Central Standard Time Message-id: (Until 1949, mobile operation was not allowed below 25 MHz...(SNIP) Considering that you almost needed a seperate trailer to carry the gear, this was hardly an impediment! Not really. Look at an ARC-5 receiver, and how much could be packed into a small space using mid-1930s technology. Hams could, and did, build very compact equipment without "miniature" parts. Hmmmmmm. For some reason the response I put here didn't "take". "I was being facetious, Jim". There we go! 73 Steve, K4YZ |
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Ya think a spy would apply for a license in ANY radio service, Jim? Depending on the situation, a ham license could be a good "cover story" for a spy with transmitting equipment. The FCC did shut down all ham bands during WW2... |
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