State Motto: Qui Transtulit Sustinet
"He who transplanted sustains"
State Nickname: Constitution State
State Song: Yankee Doodle
State Bird: American Robin
State Tree: White Oak
State of Connecticut facts:
Area: 5,018 Square Miles
Population: 3,415,386
Connecticut is also home to the ARRL
and W1AW, Located in Newington
and is known to hams worldwide. All U.S. Ham Radio call signs begin with
either: A, K, N or W. When the FCC issues
a license in CT., the no. 1 will appear in the call sign*.
* The No. 1 also appears in Maine, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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