The HamCall database has been available in several different forms over the years. It all began in 1982, when HamCall was first published in soft cover book form (US only) with 1,027 8.5x11, pages. It sold for $12.95. The hardcopy continued in 1983 and in 1984 we did the book for the ARRL.

In 1982 we also produced the first Name Index (sequenced by last name) and also the Geographical Index (sorted by State & City). These additional volumes were over 500 pages each. They sold for $25.00.These were updated and printed again in 1985.

HamCall Timeline:

1982 - Buckmaster "Amateur Radio Call Directory" books first published (Callsign, Name, Geographical)
1985 - Call Directory published on standard 98 frame, 24x microfiche
1989 - First HamCall CD-ROM published, selling for $50 (same price as today)
1992 - International callsigns added to the HamCall CD-ROM
1994 - World Wide HamCall™ Callsign Server debuts on the Internet
2001 - HamCall becomes the first (and still the only) callsign CD-ROM to offer update files over the Internet
2002 - HamCall 20th anniversary
2003 - HamCall offers Internet-only callsign lookup subscriptions
2004 - HamCall on the Internet 10th anniversary (22 years total)
2005 - HamCall database is now 1,800,000 callsigns!
2008 - HamCall database is now 1,900,000 callsigns!
2009 - HamCall database has now reached the 2,000,000 callsigns milestone!

HamCall is a product of Buckmaster Publishing, and is available online and on CD-ROM.

Contact Us

Postal mail:
HamCall
6196 Jefferson Hwy.
Mineral, VA 23117
USA

Phone:
800:282-5628
540:894-5777
540:894-9141 (fax)

Internet:
Web site: http://hamcall.net
Email: info@buck.com

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