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KA2GES HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 18, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jun 18, 2006
Previous holder: FRANK ROSSANO JR
Held KA2GES May 4, 1984 → Jun 17, 2004
· first licensed May 4, 1984 as KA2GES
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as KA2GES, before the FCC's online records
KA2GESExpiredNoviceMay 4, 1984 → Jun 17, 2004 (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 7, 1999 · 9 discs KA2GES
· Novice · issued Jun 17, 1994, expires Jun 17, 2004
FRANK ROSSANO JR
1949 W 5TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11223
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs KA2GES
· Novice · issued May 4, 1984, expires May 4, 1994
FRANK ROSSANO JR
1949 WEST 5TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11223
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Nov 1, 2026 · 52 snapshots · as KA2GES
FRANK ROSSANO JR
1949 W 5TH ST, BROOKLYN, NY 11223
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 → 1996 · 2 editions KA2GES · class N
Frank Rossano Jr 1949 W 5th St, Brooklyn, NY 11113 1995 p.330, 1996 p.393
1980 → 1993 · 9 editions KA2GES · class N
Frank Rossano Jr 1949 West 5th St, Brooklyn, NY 11223 Winter 1980 p.209, 1981 p.144, Winter 1982 p.216, Winter 1983 p.221, Winter 1984 p.228, Winter 1987 p.225, Winter 1991 p.250, 1992 p.256, 1993 p.271
None · 1 edition KA2GES · class N
Frank Rossano Jr 1949 West Sth St, Brooklyn None p.148
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA2GES in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA2GES beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.