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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)
KA8EBL HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 6, 2026.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 6, 2026
Previous holder: CECIL O WEAR
Held KA8EBL Mar 30, 1984 → Mar 5, 2024
· first licensed Mar 30, 1984 as KA8EBL
· 1 license · FRN 0009686874 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as KA8EBL, before the FCC's online records
KA8EBLExpiredGeneralMar 30, 1984 → Mar 5, 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 May 3, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 18 discs KA8EBL
· General · issued Nov 30, 1993, expires Nov 30, 2003
CECIL O. WEAR
RT 1 BOX 334B, DUNLAP, TN 37327
Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc KA8EBL
· General · issued Mar 30, 1984, expires Mar 30, 1994
CECIL O WEAR
POB 669, DUNLAP, TN 37327
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Oct 22, 2013 → Oct 18, 2026 · 41 snapshots · as KA8EBL
CECIL O WEAR
HC1 BOX 5125, KEAAU, HI 96749
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 KA8EBL · class G
Cecil 0 Wear ~t I Box 334-B, Dunlap, TN 37327 1997 p.1697
1989 → 1995 · 3 editions KA8EBL · class G
Cecil 0 Wear Pob 669, Dunlap, TN 37321 Winter 1989 p.1097, 1994 p.1449, 1995 p.1581
1987 · 1 edition KA8EBL · class G
Cecil 0 Wm Pob Bb9, Dunlap, TN 37327 Winter 1987 p.1046
1985 · 1 edition KA8EBL · class G
Cecil 0 Wear Pob 669, Dunlap, TN 37327 Winter 1985 p.1028
1984 · 1 edition KA8EBL · class G
Cecil 0 Wear 480 Parkwwi Or, Battle Creek Winter 1984 p.1026
1980 → 1983 · 3 editions KA8EBL · class G
Cecil 0 Wear 480 Parkway Dr, Battle Creek, MI 49017 Winter 1980 p.913, Winter 1982 p.955, Winter 1983 p.987
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA8EBL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA8EBL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.