[QCWA] old call help again

[Artmouton]

>am I remembering correctly that in this timeframe, WN1xxx became WA1xxx 
> >upon upgrade, but KN1xxx became K1xxx upon upgrade

Yes that is correct. I was licensed in early 1960 and received KN5FNQ.  It 
was a reissued call sign.  From my memory the FCC, when it ran out of 
original w by 3 and k by 3 call signs went back through the list for, at 
least, one pass.  I also seem to remember this was just for the K by 3 call 
signs and not the w by 3 call signs.  Once they made one (or maybe two) 
passes through this system they went to WN# by 3 which, upon upgrade after 
the limited one year, non renewable novice license changed to a WA# by 3 
call sign.  I also remember some WV# call signs and probably have some old 
QSL cards.  That was probably for the 2's and 6's.   The rest is history.
    I retreaded in the 1970's and, for a price, was able to secure my 
original call. Glad I did as it is a fun cw call sign.
73, Art K5FNQ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Walcott, Paul" <PWalcott at smartbus.org>
To: "Discussion of QCWA" <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:05 PM
Subject: RE: [QCWA] old call help again


One year, non-renewable.   At that time the one-year Novice was a "once in a 
lifetime," license.
And on another point, am I remembering correctly that in this timeframe, 
WN1xxx became WA1xxx upon upgrade, but KN1xxx became K1xxx upon upgrade?
And to even muddy the waters a little further, does anyone remember working 
the WV2xxx block of calls.   I'm pretty sure they were used when they first 
ran out of WN2xxx.   What did those upgrade to, WB2xxx?


 -----Original Message-----
From: qcwa-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:qcwa-bounces at mailman.qth.net]  On 
Behalf Of Bert Morton
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:54 AM
To: Discussion of QCWA
Subject: Re: [QCWA] old call help again

The novice license was good for one year. I believe in addition to WN1
there were also some KN1's
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Repstad" <k1vg at starc.org>
To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:38 AM
Subject: [QCWA] old call help again


> Hi Again guys,
>
> we've narrowed it down to somewhere between 1961 and 1964 that my
friend was first licensed as a novice. I have the 67 call book, but he's
not in there. How long were novice licenses good for back then?
>
> Did the FCC assign "WN1"'s back then to all 1-area novices?
>
> Going through the 67 call book was not too bad, there were not may
from VT so it was relatively easy to search by scanning through the
state abbreviations.
>
> Anyway, if anybody has any suggestions regarding finding:
>
> Raymond K. Gadue
> St. Albans, VT 05478
>
> Please let me know. Worst case scenario, he'll have to brush up on his
code and take the test again.
>
> --Tom
> K1VG
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