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Trivia:. Usta be that all "K" calls on the BC band were east of the
Mississippi River. WFAA and WBAP in Ft Worth share a common studio and transmitter and split hours of call use. 73! K0PP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Hi Ken, Broadcast callsigns beginning with K are mostly west of the Mississippi b ut there are ten -- and perhaps more -- exceptions. KDKA, KQV and KYW in Pennsylvania and KFIZ in Wisconsin were licensed before 1922. KFNS, KFTK, KGSM and KQQZ in Illinois and KWAM in Tennessee were originally licensed west of the Mississippi and moved a few miles east of the Mississippi but serve markets that are mostly west of the Mississippi. KJWP was originally licensed in Wyoming and moved to Delaware. KTGG in Michigan was probably issued by mistake in 1985... At least 20 stations with callsigns beginning with W are located west of the Mississippi, but that's another story altogether... 73 Frank W3LPL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken G Kopp" <[hidden email]> To: "Elecraft" <[hidden email]> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2018 9:58:26 PM Subject: [Elecraft] OT: Call location Trivia:. Usta be that all "K" calls on the BC band were east of the Mississippi River. WFAA and WBAP in Ft Worth share a common studio and transmitter and split hours of call use. 73! K0PP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Really? WGN and WLS were (are) in Chicago, WBAA is in Lafayette Indiana.
KROC is west of the mississippi in Minnesota. I too remember the line as the Mississippi River, but I thought East was W, West was K. This must be a googleable question. Peter W0LLN On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 4:58 PM, Ken G Kopp <[hidden email]> wrote: > Trivia:. Usta be that all "K" calls on the BC band were east of the > Mississippi River. > > WFAA and WBAP in Ft Worth share a common studio and transmitter and split > hours of call use. > > 73! > > K0PP > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Actually, it was the other way around.....with the exception of KQV and KDKA, K calls were WEST of the Mississippi....
Sent from my iPad > On Jul 13, 2018, at 5:58 PM, Ken G Kopp <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Trivia:. Usta be that all "K" calls on the BC band were east of the > Mississippi River. > > WFAA and WBAP in Ft Worth share a common studio and transmitter and split > hours of call use. > > 73! > > K0PP > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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No one has mentioned my favorite KAAY Little Rock, Arkansas!
Kevin. KD5ONS On 07/13/2018 04:33 PM, WW3S wrote: > Actually, it was the other way around.....with the exception of KQV and KDKA, K calls were WEST of the Mississippi.... > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jul 13, 2018, at 5:58 PM, Ken G Kopp <[hidden email]> wrote: >> >> Trivia:. Usta be that all "K" calls on the BC band were east of the >> Mississippi River. >> >> WFAA and WBAP in Ft Worth share a common studio and transmitter and split >> hours of call use. >> >> 73! >> >> K0PP >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[hidden email] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [hidden email] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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Ken wrote:
> Trivia:. Usta be that all "K" calls on the BC band were > east of the Mississippi River. No, most broadcast station calls starting with K were and are WEST of the Mississippi River. A notable exception was KDKA in Pittsburg, PA, still going today on 1020 kHz. > WFAA and WBAP in Ft Worth share a common studio and transmitter > and split hours of call use. There's quite a treatise on the history of US broadcast station call sign assignments here: https://earlyradiohistory.us/kwtrivia.htm Mike / KK5F ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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When WBJI applied for call letters they were NORTH of the Mississippi and could choose either W or K
-John NI0K > On Jul 13, 2018, at 4:58 PM, Ken G Kopp <[hidden email]> wrote: > > Trivia:. Usta be that all "K" calls on the BC band were east of the > Mississippi River. > > WFAA and WBAP in Ft Worth share a common studio and transmitter and split > hours of call use. > > 73! > > K0PP > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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On 7/13/2018 2:58 PM, Ken G Kopp wrote:
> Trivia:. Usta be that all "K" calls on the BC band were east of the > Mississippi River. Uh, Ken.... For BC stations, W was east of the Mississippi and K was west, with several legacy exceptions. Ship radio stations, OTOH, were reversed - W ships were registered in west coast ports, K ships were registered in east coast ports. This scheme for both BC and ship stations more or less went away, ships after WW-II and BC in the '70s. 'm not the only expert in call sign assignment history but as a communications regulatory professional working in both the US and international fields, it has always fascinated me. 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [hidden email] |
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