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eHam Forums => Lost Hams => Topic started by: W0BKR on March 07, 2014, 03:53:56 PM

Title: Anyone know the history on W9ARX?
Post by: W0BKR on March 07, 2014, 03:53:56 PM
Just curious as to the history of W9ARX?
Title: RE: Anyone know the history on W9ARX?
Post by: WB2WIK on March 11, 2014, 02:57:38 PM
I don't, but I see it was an active callsign in 1954:

From the 1954 HamCall Archives:
James A. Reynolds, Harrison Park Lane, Danville, 111, W9ARX:1954
Title: RE: Anyone know the history on W9ARX?
Post by: W0BKR on March 12, 2014, 10:10:16 AM
Hi Steve,  yeah, I found that and I suppose that is about as far back as it goes....

Thanks for the confirmation....

Title: Re: Anyone know the history on W9ARX?
Post by: K6EE on October 04, 2022, 11:17:16 PM
Hi W0BKR,

The history goes quite far back. At least to the Citizens Radio Callbook of 1922:

9ARX Wilfred F. Waters
2231 Illinois Ave
Granite City Ill.

Hope this helps,

vy 73, Fritz
Title: Re: Anyone know the history on W9ARX?
Post by: W9AC on October 05, 2022, 05:24:12 AM
Hi W0BKR,

The history goes quite far back. At least to the Citizens Radio Callbook of 1922:

9ARX Wilfred F. Waters
2231 Illinois Ave
Granite City Ill.

After checking sources back to 1913, 9ARX (W.F. Waters) first appears in the June 30, 1921 Dept. of Commerce callbook. 

W.F. Waters disappears in 1927 but the callsign reappears in 1932 as W9ARX, held by Louis Vanicek, 729 Laurel St. N, Judson, Ind. 

Paul, W9AC
Title: Re: Anyone know the history on W9ARX?
Post by: K6EE on October 05, 2022, 09:29:06 AM
Thanks W9AC for completing the W9ARX history.

As a side, the original owner of W9ARX was later relicensed in Texas, and appears in1953 - 1958 callbooks:
W5PED Wilfred F Waters
1519 Kings Highway
Dallas 11