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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)
K8YOB HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — K8YOB was last held in the 1990s (license expired Jun 9, 1997), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
K8YOB in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 7, 1999 · 11 discs K8YOB
· General · issued Jun 9, 1987, expires Jun 9, 1997
GEORGE R BROWN
4674 FREE PIKE, DAYTON, OH 45416
K8YOB in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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.
1975 · 1 edition K8YOB · class G
George R Brown 4&74 Free Pike, Dayton 45410 Oh Winter 1975 p.559
1967 → 1974 · 7 editions K8YOB · class G
George R. Brown 4674 Free Pike, Dayton 16 Oh Fall 1967 p.545, Spring 1970 p.554, Winter 1971 p.558, Fall 1971 p.558, Winter 1972 p.564, Winter 1973 p.564, 1974 p.533
1966 · 1 edition K8YOB
Grant K. Eatono I 72 S. Monroe St Coldwater Mich Spring 1966 p.502
1965 · 1 edition K8YOB
Jerry E. Bell Box 305 - Lake St, M, Odlefield Ohio Summer 1965 p.497
1962 · 1 edition K8YOB
George R. Brown T Fall 1962 p.496
1961 · 1 edition K8YOB
George R. Bro\lon T 4674 Free Pike Dayton 16 Fall 1961 p.513
1960 · 1 edition K8YOB
Charles W. Briggs Sr 2701 Harriet Av. S Winter 1960 p.47
None · 1 edition K8YOB · class G
George R Brown 4674 Free Pike, Dayton None p.533