[Hallicrafters] Bill Halligan And The FCC

[Vern Weiss]

In 1968, as a result of the FCC's "Incentive Licensing" initiatives, the FCC
made an offer to Extra Class licensees that if they held an Extra for
so-many years (I can't remember now if it was 5 or 10 or 20), they could
apply for highly desireable "1x2" callsigns. The catch was that the FCC
decided what it would be and you had no cjoice in the matter. At that time,
unlike today, the FCC felt  that it should reward those who put forth extra
effort to learn and improve their skills as a radio operator. It was at that
time that I noticed in the Hallicrafters advertisements that Bill Halligan
was no longer using his W9WZE call but had obtained one of the "1x2" calls.

Vern Weiss W9STB
All vintage CW in the Northwoods
Minocqua, WI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Duane B. Fischer, W8DBF" <dfischer at usol.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 7:32 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Bill Halligan And The FCC


>
>
> Here is one sent to me that one of our talented Historians can provide the
> answer to:
>
> "Do you know, whether Bill Halligan moved from W9WZE to W9AC as a result
of the
> ruling made by the FCC that those holding tickets for XX years were moved
to one
> by two callsigns?"
>
> Thanks!
>
> Duane W8DBF
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