Georgia Tech Amateur Radio Club records
Collection
Identifier: UA447
This collection documents the history of the Georgia Tech Amateur Radio club. A history of the club is included, summarizing the club's activities during its history. Video footage of the W4AQL “shack” in room E180 of the Van Leer Electrical Engineering building and the remote station in Woodbury, GA are included as well as video files of the attempt to contact and actual contact with the amateur radio operator on the space shuttle Challenger in 1985.
Additional documentation of the club's activities includes newsletters, meeting minutes and other correspondence. Operating logs, certificates and the club’s QSL card collection are included as well.
This collection is open for research.
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The Georgia Tech Amateur Radio Club was founded in 1910. The club was initially assigned the call “4XG” which signified the general region of the club (4), the fact that it was “experimental” (X), and was located in Georgia (G). It operated until the station was shut down for World War I. After the war, the club received the call 4YA, which was in a group reserved for educational institutions (the “Y” part, and the first one “A” in the call area “4”).
The club continued with this call until 1925, when it changed to 4AV. This QSL card from May, 1926 was recently found showing the callsign at the time to be 4AV.
The club operates a 2-meter FM repeater and a shack of various HF, VHF, and UHF equipment. The primary purpose is to provide a means for students of Georgia Tech to operate, but is open to all interested Georgia Tech faculty, staff, and students.
.05 Linear Feet (1 quarter of a half size hollinger box and 1 portable hard drive. Hard drive contains Audio Files, Certificates, GTARC Newsletters, Logs, and other files related to the Amateur Radio Club. )
11.3 Gigabytes
14,350 Digital File(s)
English
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