Thanks for that link, Bob. I found myself as WV2TKL in 1961.
73, Pete, K2PS
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, 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 <[email protected]> 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
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>> On Nov 5, 2025, at 5:12 PM, Michael Bornstein via TVARC <[email protected]> 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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