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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)
KA8JFO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 25, 2020.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jun 25, 2020
Previous holder: DONALD R SMITH
Held KA8JFO Aug 16, 1988 → Jun 24, 2018
· first licensed Aug 16, 1988 as KA8JFO
· 1 license · FRN 0017547183 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1981 as KA8JFO, before the FCC's online records
KA8JFOExpiredGeneralAug 16, 1988 → Jun 24, 2018 (expired)
Licensee
DONALD R SMITH
Address
Attn: DONALD R SMITH 5777 GREEN ACRES CT CINCINNATI, OH 45248
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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs KA8JFO
· General · issued Jun 24, 1998, expires Jun 24, 2008
DONALD R. SMITH
5777 GREEN ACRES CT, CINCINNATI, OH 45248
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs KA8JFO
· General · issued Aug 16, 1988, expires Aug 16, 1998
DONALD R SMITH
5777 GREEN ACRES CT, CINCINNATI, OH 45211
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as KA8JFO
DONALD R SMITH
Attn: DONALD R SMITH 5777 GREEN ACRES CT, CINCINNATI, OH 45248
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.
1996 · 1 edition KA8JFO · class T
Stephen C Wism 5472 Delhi Pk, Cincinnati, OH 45238 1996 p.1657
1994 · 1 edition KA8JFO · class G
James R Fancner Rt 4 Box 445, Proctorville, OH 45669 1994 p.1478
1989 → 1993 · 4 editions KA8JFO · class G
Oonald R Smith 5777 Green Acres Ct, Cincinnati, OH 45211 Winter 1989 p.1124, Winter 1991 p.1239, 1992 p.1287, 1993 p.1394
1988 · 1 edition KA8JFO · class N
Harry Terbest Jr 11560 E Ponderosa Ln, Franktown, CO 80116 Winter 1988 p.52
1985 · 1 edition KA8JFO · class T
Stephen C Wissel 5471 Delhi Pk, Cincinnati Winter 1985 p.1052
1983 → 1984 · 2 editions KA8JFO · class T
Donald R Smith 5777 Green Acres Ct, Cincinnati, OH 45211 Winter 1983 p.1009, Winter 1984 p.1050
1982 · 1 edition KA8JFO · class N
Harry Terbest Jr 11560 E Ponderosa Ln, Franktown, CO 80116 Winter 1982 p.55
None → 1981 · 2 editions KA8JFO · class N
Donald R Smith 5777 Green Acres Ct, Cincinnati None p.930, 1981 p.872
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA8JFO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA8JFO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.