[TVARC] ARRL sweepstakes November 15

[N4REE - Bob]

There's a collection of Amateur Radio Call Handbooks, 1906-1997 at: 
https://leehite.org/callbooks/

On 11/5/2025 7:31 PM, Michael Bornstein via TVARC wrote:
> Thank you all. I looked at my QRZ page and I did see 1961. I’m not 
> sure if that’s based on fact or just a guess. I know I had a 
> technicians license in high school (My high school had a Gonset G 50 
> and I spent many lunch hours working the New York City area on 6 m) 
> and I graduated high school in 1962.
> Mike.
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM joe signorelli <ab3cr at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Mike, Your QRZ page says you were licensed as Technician as WA2UMO
>     in 1961.  A call to ARRL headquarters may help for more
>     specifics.  I called them in 2004 to find that I received my
>     Novice license in 1964.
>     73, Joe AB3CR
>     Sent from my iPhone
>
>     > On Nov 5, 2025, at 5:38 PM, George via TVARC
>     <tvarc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>     >
>     > Hi Mike,
>     > No one verifies what you send. Pick a year. Then use it
>     consistently.
>     > My check is 60, but this doesn’t work well on SSB, so I use 59
>     (spoken as five-nine).
>     > Have fun,
>     > George K2DM
>     >
>     > Sent from my iPhone
>     >
>     >> On Nov 5, 2025, at 5:12 PM, Michael Bornstein via TVARC
>     <tvarc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>     >>
>     >> 
>     >> I’m interested in taking part in the ARRL November sweepstakes.
>     Part of the exchange is the year that I first became a ham. Due to
>     my advanced age and dimming memory, I can only guess what year it
>     was. (Approximately 1960). Is there any way of getting a more
>     accurate estimate of what my initial license date was?
>     >> Mike
>     >> K6UMO
>     >> Originally WA2UMO
>     >> NB that my original license expired, and I became relicensed
>     sometime in the early 2000s as AF6FP
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