[Elecraft] OT: W vs K broadcast station callsigns

[Walter Underwood]

This is actually answered in the linked document. Not a big surprise for a document tiled “kwtrivia”.

wunder
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Walter Underwood
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> On Oct 6, 2020, at 10:36 AM, Don Wilhelm <donwilh at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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