[Elecraft] OT: Call location

[Phil Kane]

On 7/13/2018 2:58 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote:

> Trivia:. Usta be that all "K" calls on the BC band were east of the
> Mississippi River.

Uh, Ken....  For BC stations, W was east of the Mississippi and K was
west, with several legacy exceptions.  Ship radio stations, OTOH, were
reversed - W ships were registered in west coast ports, K ships were
registered in east coast ports.  This scheme for both BC and ship
stations more or less went away, ships after WW-II and BC in the '70s.

'm not the only expert in call sign assignment history but as a
communications regulatory professional working in both the US and
international fields, it has always fascinated me.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
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