My (previous) Call Sign’s History

Note: As of June 2026, I operate as NZ6A . The fourth weekly assignment of the 2025 Ham Radio Challenge is to research the history of your callsign, so that’s what I did. Here’s what I found. The “W” 1×3 callsigns are among the earliest ever issued in America. After the US started licensing amateur radio stations in 1912, 3-character callsigns were used. They were made up of a call area digit…