Found! Meriden Hams and Club info 1922 - Printable Version +- W1NRG Forum (https://www.w1nrg.com/forum) +-- Forum: Meriden Amateur Radio Club Main Forum (https://www.w1nrg.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=1) +--- Forum: MARC History Forum (https://www.w1nrg.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=58) +--- Thread: Found! Meriden Hams and Club info 1922 (/showthread.php?tid=1787) |
Found! Meriden Hams and Club info 1922 - WA1TRY - 03-29-2022 Found in a government archive at the "Bureau of Navigation, Dept of Commerce" Listing of all licensed "transmitters" in the First District, 1922. This listing showed the Call Sign, License holder name, address and Power being used by the transmitter as was required for licensing in 1922. The below list includes all the licensed hams in Meriden CT that year. Transmitter Call Name Address Power Note 1PS Meriden Radio Club 35 Colony St. Meriden CT 10 watts Club Station Meriden RC 1ARK A. S. Boynton 13 Griswold St. Meriden CT 50 watts President Meriden RC 1FQ George F. Donnelly Main St. South Meriden CT 600 watts VP Meriden RC 1JD Frank A. Young 523 West Main Street Meriden CT 300 Watts Sec/Treas Meriden RC 1BFC Harold H. Bodwell Old Colony Road Meriden CT 60 watts 1BFE William R. Curtiss 108 Hicks St. Meriden CT 100 watts 1BGL Charles W. Elsenheimer 530 Broad St. Meriden CT 100 watts 1BKN Dertot George 538 Old Colony Road Meriden CT 20 watts 1BLI George Ohl Jr. 56 William Ave Meriden CT 15 watts 1BXP James C. Laviana 136 Hick St. Meriden CT 500 watts 1GJ George H. Hartman, Jr. 73 Liberty St. Meriden CT 500 watts 1JN Ernest H. Guterman 528 West Main St. Meriden CT 100 watts Attached is screen cap of page in callbook showing Club Station info. RE: Found! Meriden Hams and Club info 1922 - K0OZ - 03-29-2022 Amazing information. Of course, this gets me to thinking, who is the oldest Ham in the USA, in Connecticut, who has been licensed the longest, and who holds the oldest call in the USA or in CT? |