Had an inquiry that sed his Dad's call was W10XEG

Before 1946 -- I think there were just call areas one thru nine.

Sometime around 1946, the 10th call area was established -- the zero
district, but was this ever the W10 area ??

Also the X in the suffix -- I thought was for experimental stations ???

Any old timers recall ??

Thanks

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Keyboard In The Noise wrote:
Had an inquiry that sed his Dad's call was W10XEG

Before 1946 -- I think there were just call areas one thru nine.

Sometime around 1946, the 10th call area was established -- the zero
district, but was this ever the W10 area ??

No.

Bill Orr had a column in either Ham Radio or CQ with a W10 card. They are
rare, but were issued for some special purpose. I think it may have been
pre war. My memory is fuzzy, but it may have been for shipboard use.

X calls were often issued for experimental stations.

73, Colin K7FM




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"COLIN LAMB" ) writes:
Bill Orr had a column in either Ham Radio or CQ with a W10 card. They are
rare, but were issued for some special purpose. I think it may have been
pre war. My memory is fuzzy, but it may have been for shipboard use.

X calls were often issued for experimental stations.

73, Colin K7FM

I wondered if it was a WWII call for some reason. Obviously there was
no ham radio, but wasn't there some CD or emergency service that was
active during WWII, on the VHF bands? I can't say I've ever seen mention
of a W10 callsign, but perhaps it was during that period?

Michael VE2BVW

Michael posted:

"COLIN LAMB" ) writes:
Bill Orr had a column in either Ham Radio or CQ with a W10 card. They are
rare, but were issued for some special purpose. I think it may have been
pre war. My memory is fuzzy, but it may have been for shipboard use.

X calls were often issued for experimental stations.

73, Colin K7FM

I wondered if it was a WWII call for some reason. Obviously there was
no ham radio, but wasn't there some CD or emergency service that was
active during WWII, on the VHF bands? I can't say I've ever seen mention
of a W10 callsign, but perhaps it was during that period?


It appears to me to be a non-ham station license. It could be for a commercial
base station or repeater, or almost any experimenal purpose.

Don

A further search of some 40's QSTs reveals that WERS NCS stations appear
to have 4-letter calls, such as WJUY and subordinates would be WJUY-1,
2, 10, 11, ad infinitum. These calls don't look like the one originally
posted, however.... Dunno?

Dbowey wrote:
Michael posted:

"COLIN LAMB" ) writes:

Bill Orr had a column in either Ham Radio or CQ with a W10 card. They are
rare, but were issued for some special purpose. I think it may have been
pre war. My memory is fuzzy, but it may have been for shipboard use.

X calls were often issued for experimental stations.

73, Colin K7FM


I wondered if it was a WWII call for some reason. Obviously there was
no ham radio, but wasn't there some CD or emergency service that was
active during WWII, on the VHF bands? I can't say I've ever seen mention
of a W10 callsign, but perhaps it was during that period?


It appears to me to be a non-ham station license. It could be for a commercial
base station or repeater, or almost any experimenal purpose.

Don

The originator of the W10XEG question supplies the following new info:
Actually, the W10 call is most likely a commercial call. There were several
'repeaters' that were used very early in the establishment of the radio, and
then commercial television networks - it may be one of those. The X is for
experimental, no doubt. My Dad was very active with RCA very early on. The
first experimental TV signals in NYC were on 21 MHz, broadcast from the
Empire State Bldg - my Dad was chief engineer for the transmitter. One of
the many experimental transmitters he put on the air was W10XEG - I just
have no data about it at all.


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K3HVG wrote:

A further search of some 40's QSTs reveals that WERS NCS stations appear
to have 4-letter calls, such as WJUY and subordinates would be WJUY-1,
2, 10, 11, ad infinitum. These calls don't look like the one originally
posted, however.... Dunno?

Special issued calls maybe? Nothing like that in my 47 Callbook.

In the wartime QSTs, they talk about the WERS (War Emergency Radio
Service ?)radio service. It appears that hams in Civil Defense were
involved. They had callsigns akin to what you've related.

Keyboard In The Noise wrote:
Had an inquiry that sed his Dad's call was W10XEG

Before 1946 -- I think there were just call areas one thru nine.

Sometime around 1946, the 10th call area was established -- the zero
district, but was this ever the W10 area ??

Also the X in the suffix -- I thought was for experimental stations ???

Any old timers recall ??

Thanks

Post any answers here please

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