W4JP is the
callsign of the amateur radio station operated by 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 the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky, the university is one of the state ...
Amateur Radio Club in room 553 of
Anderson Hall (Kentucky). 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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