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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)
KA8EMW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — KA8EMW was last held in the 1990s (license expired Feb 17, 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.
2x3 call: any licensee 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
KA8EMW 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 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs KA8EMW
· Novice · issued Feb 17, 1987, expires Feb 17, 1997
GERALD R FARRIS
426 W 12TH, ANDERSON, IN 46016
KA8EMW 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.
1997 · 1 edition KA8EMW · class N
Gerald R Farris 416 W11th, Anderson, IN 46016 1997 p.1701
1996 · 1 edition KA8EMW · class N
Gerald R Farris 416 W12th, Anderson Winter 1996 p.1632
1994 · 1 edition KA8EMW · class N
Gerald R Farris 426 W 12th, Anderson, IN 46016 1994 p.1452
1982 → 1985 · 3 editions KA8EMW · class N
Gerald Rfarris 2619 West 34 St, Anderson, IN 46011 Winter 1982 p.957, Winter 1983 p.990, Winter 1985 p.1031
1981 · 1 edition KA8EMW · class N
Mary S Mc Ginn 1952 N Oak Ln, State College :, PA 16801 Winter 1981 p.310
1980 · 1 edition KA8EMW · class N
Gerald R Farris 10211 Tennessee, Oscoda, MI 48753 Winter 1980 p.915
None · 1 edition KA8EMW · class N
Gerald R Farris 2619 West 34 St, Anderson None p.911