W4JP

{{Short description|Callsign of amateur radio station}}

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W4JP is the callsign of the amateur radio station operated by the University of Kentucky Amateur Radio Club in room 553 of Anderson Hall (Kentucky). The club traces its history back to 1915.{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211030614/http://www.uky.edu/StudentOrgs/UKARC/history/early/intro.html | archivedate=February 11, 2009| title=The Early Years: A Pictorial History | publisher=University of Kentucky Amateur Radio Club | accessdate=July 24, 2012| url=http://www.uky.edu/StudentOrgs/UKARC/history/early/intro.html}} In 1927, the station was relicensed as 9JL (later W9JL).{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211030619/http://www.uky.edu/StudentOrgs/UKARC/history/w9jl/intro.html| archivedate=February 11, 2009| title=The Middle Years: A Pictorial History | publisher=University of Kentucky Amateur Radio Club | accessdate=July 24, 2012| url=http://www.uky.edu/StudentOrgs/UKARC/history/w9jl/intro.html}}

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.{{cite web | url=http://jerryhuo.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/the-university-of-kentucky-amateur-radio-club-dead-or-hiding-tim-fisher/ | title=The University of Kentucky Amateur Radio Club: Dead or Hiding? | date=December 13, 2011 | accessdate=July 24, 2012 | author=Fisher, Tim}}