Uncertain age of my original license date

[N7BQZ]

I got my general license either in 1979 or 1980 but I would really like to know the correct date. I no longer have the original paper form and the current resources only list the renewal date.

Are there other references online that can help me?

[W5RB]

The callsign lookup at www.vanityhq.com shows an issue date of 27 February 1981 , but that's not necessarily the earliest date for your license .If you held a different callsign prior to your current one , maybe a Novice , you could look it up there for further info . Otherwise , go to W3HF's webpage , linked below , and use the link to leave Steve an e-mail . He knows more about callsign history than anybody else I know of , and often volunteers to help folks with such matters .

Russ , W5RB
http://www.geocities.com/w3hf/

[N7BQZ]

Russ,

Thank you so much. That is the correct date for the only license I have ever had.

Al

[KA3CTQ]

Everyone who had a licence before Feb '81 shows 2/27/81. I got my licence in 1979 and on vanityhq it says 2/27/81.

That is the date the database got uploaded to the new system. All the old dates were lost at that time.

[N7BQZ]

Shucks, I thought we had it. Any other way to figure this out?

Al

[W5RB]

See the website I listed above . Steve has one of the most complete collections of old Callbooks , and other resources .He is the King of callsign history .

Russ , W5RB

[WA8KAZ]

Check the Radio Amateur Callbook. I'm looking at my copy of vol. 54, # 4 for 1977 as I write this and the license class is noted directly following the call sign.That may have changed with later additions, but someone with a later copy should be able to tell you if it had. FYI - old callbooks are a "gold mine" of historical information.

73 de WA8KAZ Wayne