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eHam Forums => Lost Hams => Topic started by: W0BKR on March 07, 2014, 03:53:56 PM
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Just curious as to the history of W9ARX?
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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
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Hi Steve, yeah, I found that and I suppose that is about as far back as it goes....
Thanks for the confirmation....
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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
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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
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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