🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 20, 2026) · next update today 8:30 am CDT
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)
KA8FQK HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 25, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 25, 2006
Previous holder: JOHN R WILLOUGHBY
Held KA8FQK Jun 19, 1984 → May 24, 2004
· first licensed Jun 19, 1984 as KA8FQK
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1982 as KA8FQK, before the FCC's online records
KA8FQKExpiredTechnicianJun 19, 1984 → May 24, 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 17, 2003 · 17 discs KA8FQK
· Technician · issued May 24, 1994, expires May 24, 2004
JOHN R. WILLOUGHBY
8896 SINGING HILLS, WARREN, OH 44484
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs KA8FQK
· Technician · issued Jun 19, 1984, expires Jun 19, 1994
JOHN R WILLOUGHBY
8896 SINGING HILLS, WARREN, OH 44484
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 18, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as KA8FQK
JOHN R WILLOUGHBY
8896 SINGING HILLS, WARREN, OH 44484
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.
1989 · 1 edition KA8FQK · class T
John R Willoughby 8896 Singin~ Hills, Warren, OH 44484 Winter 1989 p.1106
1983 · 1 edition KA8FQK · class T
John R Willoughby 5030 Perkins-Jones Rd, Warren, OH 44483 Winter 1983 p.994
1982 · 1 edition KA8FQK · class T
John R Willoughby S030 Perkins-Jones Rd, Warren, OH 44483 Winter 1982 p.962
None → 1980 · 2 editions KA8FQK · class T
John R Willoughby 5030 Perkins-Jones Rd, Warren None p.915, Winter 1980 p.920
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA8FQK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA8FQK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.