wrote:
Folks,

In researching some old timers in 1930's Callbooks, I notice that there
was quite a bit of turnover -- people licensed one year and gone the
next.

What was the licensing term (number of years) for ham radio licenses in
the 1930's? Back in the early 70's I remember that there were also
rules about staying active for so many hours per year, and then the
license term was 4 years. Any such conditions on 1930's renewals?

Thanks,

Rick W6NIR


IIRC, for the entry license you had to upgrade within a year or lose the
license. I know when I got my Novice ticket, it was that way, either
upgrade or go off the air.

Folks,

In researching some old timers in 1930's Callbooks, I notice that there
was quite a bit of turnover -- people licensed one year and gone the
next.

What was the licensing term (number of years) for ham radio licenses in
the 1930's? Back in the early 70's I remember that there were also
rules about staying active for so many hours per year, and then the
license term was 4 years. Any such conditions on 1930's renewals?

Thanks,

Rick W6NIR

What was the licensing term (number of years) for ham radio licenses in
the 1930's? Back in the early 70's I remember that there were also
rules about staying active for so many hours per year, and then the
license term was 4 years. Any such conditions on 1930's renewals?

Thanks,

Rick W6NIR


IIRC, for the entry license you had to upgrade within a year or lose the
license. I know when I got my Novice ticket, it was that way, either
upgrade or go off the air.

Entry level in the Thirtys was the class B license, which you had to hold
for a year before being qualified to take the Class A. Class B could only
operate phone on 160 and 10 meters. Class A gave you 80 and 20 meter phone
priveleges, no phone on 40 back then and 15 hadn't been invented yet.

You could hold a class B forever if you renewed, you were required to state
in your app for renewal that you had been on the air in some previous
period.

W4ZCB

Harold E. Johnson wrote:

What was the licensing term (number of years) for ham radio licenses in
the 1930's? Back in the early 70's I remember that there were also
rules about staying active for so many hours per year, and then the
license term was 4 years. Any such conditions on 1930's renewals?

Thanks,

Rick W6NIR



IIRC, for the entry license you had to upgrade within a year or lose the
license. I know when I got my Novice ticket, it was that way, either
upgrade or go off the air.



Entry level in the Thirtys was the class B license, which you had to hold
for a year before being qualified to take the Class A. Class B could only
operate phone on 160 and 10 meters. Class A gave you 80 and 20 meter phone
priveleges, no phone on 40 back then and 15 hadn't been invented yet.

You could hold a class B forever if you renewed, you were required to state
in your app for renewal that you had been on the air in some previous
period.

W4ZCB




No Novice in the 30's. Also if you moved to another call area you had to
get another license.
In the 30's there was probably a lot of moving due to the dust bowl and
depression.

Bill K7NOM