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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)
K8GDR HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 27, 2000.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 27, 2000
Previous holder: M EDWARD SMITH
Held K8GDR Apr 26, 1988 → Apr 26, 1998
· first licensed Apr 26, 1988 as K8GDR
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1958 as K8GDR, before the FCC's online records
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 26, 1995 → May 2, 2000 · 9 discs K8GDR
· Advanced · issued Oct 4, 1995, expires Apr 26, 1998
M EDWARD SMITH
3109 AMITY RD, HILLIARD, OH 43026-9443
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 12, 1995 · 4 discs K8GDR
· Advanced · issued Apr 26, 1988, expires Apr 26, 1998
M EDWARD SMITH
5760 HIGH ST, WORTHINGTON, OH 43085
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as K8GDR
M EDWARD SMITH
3109 AMITY RD, HILLIARD, OH 43026-9443
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.
1995 · 1 edition K8GDR · class A
Medward Smith 5160 High St, Worthington, OH 43085 1995 p.1592
1990 → 1994 · 2 editions K8GDR · class A
M Edward Smith 5760 High St, Worthington Off 430b5 Winter 1990 p.1124, 1994 p.1460
1983 · 1 edition K8GDR · class A
Morse E. Smith 5760 N. High St, Worthington, OH 43085 Winter 1983 p.996
1982 · 1 edition K8GDR · class A
Morse E. Smith 57~0 N. High St, Worthington ., OH 43085 Winter 1982 p.964
1980 → 1981 · 2 editions K8GDR · class A
Morse E. Smith 5760 N. High St, Worthington, OH 43085 Winter 1980 p.922, Winter 1981 p.930
1979 · 1 edition K8GDR · class T
Brian P Mickle 10 Main St, Bloomingburg, OH 43106 Winter 1979 p.864
1963 → 1978 · 8 editions K8GDR · class A
Morse Ee Smith 5760 Ne High St, Worthington Ohio Summer 1963 p.484, Winter 1972 p.520, Winter 1973 p.520, 1974 p.489, Winter 1975 p.515, Winter 1976 p.524, Winter 1977 p.572, Winter 1978 p.795
1962 · 1 edition K8GDR
Morse E Smith, 5760 N, High St, Worth Ington Ohio Fall 1962 p.464
1961 · 1 edition K8GDR
Morse E. Smith* 5760 N. High St* Worthington Ohio Spring 1961 p.455
None → 1959 · 3 editions K8GDR · class A
Amorse E. Smith 5760 N. High St, Worthington :, OH 43085 None p.489, Summer 1958 p.386, Spring 1959 p.395
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K8GDR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K8GDR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.