Certificate of Registration - Amateur Transmitters

Issued to Howard M. Rubicam on May 6, 1944
Notice they spelled his name wrong on the certificate.

Notice the 1st line in the second typed section:
COMP AC110 1 809 A1 14
This meant: COMP - Composition transmitter (built from a schematic), AC110 - Ran off of 110V AC, 1 - One Watt Transmitter, 809 - Transmitting tube (a triode capable of 75W with the right power supply), A1 - A CW transmitter, 14 - 14 Mhz 20 Meter transmitter (and possibly other bands).

December 7, 1941, the US entered the war; hams were immediately ordered to go QRT. At the request of the ARRL, the War Emergency Radio Service (WERS) was created in June 1942. The purpose of WERS was to provide communications in connection with air raid protection, and to allow operators to continue their role in providing communications during times of natural disaster as they'd been doing as hams (WERS was not part of the amateur service, but was manned by hams; non-amateurs were permitted to serve in WERS in low level positions). WERS was administered by local CD offices; WERS licenses were issued to communities, not individuals.

This is not a WERS license. It is Certificate of Transmitter Registration associated with WERS.

Also see Special WERS Operating Permit!

Courtesy of W8SU