Yet another system of "two letter" callsign assignments went into
affect in November 1967 as a part of the amendment of FCC
rules to implement Incentive Licensing.
Amateur Extra licensees could request assignment of a one letter
prefix (W or K only) and two letter suffix callsign if they had been
licensed by the U.S. Government at 25 years prior to the date of their
application. They could not request a specific callsign.
Approximately 8000 unassigned "two letter" callsigns were
available for assignment in 1967.
73
Frank
W3LPL
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich K2WR" <k2wr@njdxa.org>
To: cq-contest@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2017 11:55:40 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Call sign history
For the record, the 1976-1977 “gate” system of 1x2 callsigns for Extra Class
licensees was adopted by the FCC pursuant to Docket #20092, and is described in
detail in the “Washington Mailbox” column on p. 51 of June, 1976 QST (probably
other QST appearances as well). My own Extra license dates to March, 1970, so I
was in the third gate, and I got my second pick. Although some K2 calls in the
1x2 format had been issued a few decades earlier, they would have all (or
almost all) been sequential and near the front of the alphabet, so I’m pretty
sure I’m the only person ever to hold K2WR.
Rich K2WR
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