[QCWA] Callsign history question

[Lew M]

Thank you for the multiple responses.  It is apparent that October 1, 1928 
was the date.
Thanks to Pete NL7XM for a copy of one of the original letters from the 
Department of Commerce.

I am writing about the history of W2CXN (ex 2CXN) at Brooklyn Technical High 
School, along with some proposals to move the club forward.  I am also 
working with the folks at Stuyvesant High School to get their club moving 
again.  Both of these clubs have benefited from the generous support of 
alumni.  Unfortunately, my alma mater, Erasmus Hall, remains in name only. 
It has been broken up into multiple small schools with little resemblance to 
its former status.


73, Lew
N2RQ, ex WA2FBX, WV2FBX

n2rq at arrl.net
Administrator for the School Club Roundup. scr at limarc.org


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lew M" <n2rq at optonline.net>
To: <qcwa at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 9:06 PM
Subject: [QCWA] Callsign history question


> When did national callsign designations with prefix letters begin?
>
> For example, 2ANU (~1909) became W2ANU, for the club station at Erasmus 
> Hall High School in Brooklyn, NY.  2CLE (~1909) became W2CLE, for the club 
> station at Stuyvesant High School in NYC.
>
> When did the practice of issuing new callsigns with W begin?
>
> Thanks.
>
> 73, Lew
> N2RQ at arrl.net
>