[Elecraft] OT: W vs K broadcast station callsigns

Don Wilhelm donwilh at embarqmail.com
Tue Oct 6 13:36:25 EDT 2020


So how did KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pa become a Western callsign?

73,
Don W3FPR

On 10/6/2020 1:04 PM, alan at elecraft.com wrote:
> More than you ever wanted to know about the convention of giving "W" 
> callsigns to broadcast stations east of the Mississippi and "K" 
> callsigns to the west:
> 
> https://earlyradiohistory.us/kwtrivia.htm
> 
> 
> 
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