[GreenKeys] OT: Hugo Gernsback's callsign?

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

If he was an amateur far enough back, that could be in the pre-license era.

Bob

> On Aug 14, 2017, at 9:19 PM, Sam Stinson <samstinson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If he had a license, would it not be in the FCC database? The online search seems to only go back to the 90s though.
> 
>> On Aug 14, 2017, at 17:44, Duncan Brown <duncanancy at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Dave,
>> 
>> We went through references & biographies of Hugo in the AWA Library, but could not find any reference to amateur activity or a call sign.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Duncan Brown, K2OEQ
>> USASA  31J30
>> 
>> Antique Wireless Association Museum Asst. Curator, Commercial Equipment
>> (also Chief TTY operator & repairman)
>> http://www.antiquewireless.org/
>> 
>>> On 13-Aug-17 21:04, Dave Horsfall wrote:
>>> This is my last resort...  It's said that SF editor Hugo Gernsback had a callsign, but I cannot find it.  Anyone happen to know, one way or the other?  (I've been compiling a list of "Notable Amateurs" for quite some years, and he'd be a nice addition; preliminary version avalable at www.horsfall.org/lona)
>>> 
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