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Ask: HAMs within 5 miles of N9TPB · Extra class operators in Madison, WI · or try N9TPB · K9* wildcards · Smith, John · 0004797601 (FRN) · 53703 · Madison, WI · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)
AC3W HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 26, 2026.
2x1 call: only Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
4 pending applications already list it (first filed Oct 26, 2026) — see requests.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 26, 2026
Previous holder: ANDERSON W GOWENS
Held AC3W Feb 10, 1984 → Oct 25, 2024
· first licensed Feb 10, 1984 as AC3W
· 1 license · FRN 0013830351 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as AC3W, before the FCC's online records
AC3WExpiredAmateur ExtraFeb 10, 1984 → Oct 25, 2024 (expired)
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 17 discs AC3W
· Amateur Extra · issued Oct 25, 1994, expires Oct 25, 2004
ANDERSON W. GOWENS
21 BAILEY CIR, DOVER, DE 19901
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs AC3W
· Amateur Extra · issued Feb 10, 1984, expires Feb 10, 1994
ANDERSON W GOWENS
21 BAILEY CIR, DOVER, DE 19901
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Mar 28, 2015 → Nov 1, 2026 · 40 snapshots · as AC3W
ANDERSON W GOWENS
107 MC COILEY ST, MILFORD, DE 19963
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.
1997 · 1 edition AC3W · class E
Anderson W Gowen~ 11 Bai~y Cir Dover, DE 19901 1997 p.550
1990 → 1996 · 6 editions AC3W · class E
Anderson W Gowens 21 Bailey Cir, Dover, DE 19901 Winter 1990 p.394, Winter 1991 p.422, 1992 p.433, 1993 p.464, 1994 p.487, 1996 p.539
1989 · 1 edition AC3W · class E
Anderson W Gowens 1i Bailey Cir, Dover, DE 19901 Winter 1989 p.393
1988 · 1 edition AC3W · class E
Anderson Wgowens 21 Bailey Cir, Dover, DE 19901 Winter 1988 p.392
1986 → 1987 · 2 editions AC3W · class E
Anderson W Gowens 11 Bailey Cir, Dover, DE 19901 Winter 1986 p.383, Winter 1987 p.384
1985 · 1 edition AC3W · class E
Anderson W Gowens 21 Bailey Cir, Dover, DE 19901 Winter 1985 p.384
1984 · 1 edition AC3W · class E
Anderson W Gowen~ 21 Baile1 Cir Dom, DE 19901 Winter 1984 p.386
1979 → 1983 · 4 editions AC3W · class E
Anderson W Gowens 21 Bailey Cir, Dover, DE 19901 Winter 1979 p.340, Winter 1980 p.352, 1981 p.286, Winter 1983 p.373
Others Requesting AC3W
4 applications listed AC3W as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for AC3W in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of AC3W beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.