W4JP is the
callsign
In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assigne ...
of the amateur radio station operated by the
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...
Amateur Radio Club in room 553 of
Anderson Hall (Kentucky)
Mechanical Hall (or Old Anderson Hall or Dicker Hall) at the University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a public land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as t ...
. The club traces its history back to 1915. In 1927, the station was relicensed as 9JL (later W9JL).
In the 2000s, the UK Amateur Radio Club and the SSL (Space Systems Laboratory) university groups merged. They kept both names, but have acted mostly under the Space Systems Laboratory.
References
External links
University of Kentucky Amateur Radio Club official website (archived)Space Systems LaboratoryFCC page for W4JPGuide to the University of Kentucky Amateur Radio Club records housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center
University of Kentucky
Amateur radio organizations
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