[TVARC] ARRL sweepstakes November 15

[K2PS Pete Stafford]

Thanks for that link, Bob.  I found myself as WV2TKL in 1961.

 

73, Pete, K2PS

 

From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of N4REE - Bob via TVARC
Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 8:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [TVARC] ARRL sweepstakes November 15

 

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 <mailto: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
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> On Nov 5, 2025, at 5:38 PM, George via TVARC <tvarc at mailman.qth.net <mailto: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 <mailto: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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