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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)
N8ABG HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 17, 2019.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Sep 2, 2025 as choice 2:
not granted, that applicant got N8AKY instead.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 17, 2019
Previous holder: BERNARD W SMITH
Held N8ABG Apr 12, 1988 → Dec 16, 2017
· first licensed Apr 12, 1988 as N8ABG
· 1 license · FRN 0016926743 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1981 as N8ABG, before the FCC's online records
N8ABGExpiredGeneralApr 12, 1988 → Dec 16, 2017 (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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs N8ABG
· General · issued Dec 16, 1997, expires Dec 16, 2007
BERNARD W. SMITH
1346 BYAL AVE, FINDLAY, OH 45840
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs N8ABG
· General · issued Apr 12, 1988, expires Apr 12, 1998
BERNARD W SMITH
1346 BYAL AVE, FINDLAY, OH 45840
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 N8ABG
BERNARD W SMITH
1346 BYAL AVE, FINDLAY, OH 45840
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 N8ABG · class G
Bernard Wsmith 1346 Byal Ave, Findlay Winter 1996 p.1603
1995 · 1 edition N8ABG · class G
Bernard W Smit~ 1346 Byal Ave Findlay, OH 45840 1995 p.1555
1994 · 1 edition N8ABG · class G
Bernard W Smith 1346 Byal Ave, Findlay, OH 45840 1994 p.1422
1993 · 1 edition N8ABG · class T
Stephen C King B8!0 S Delaware, Littleton, CO 80110 1993 p.2
1992 · 1 edition N8ABG · class G
Bernard W Smith 134b Byal Ave, Findlay, OH 45840 1992 p.1231
1990 · 1 edition N8ABG · class T
Stephen C King 6810 S Delaware, Litt~ton, CO 80120 Winter 1990 p.2
1989 · 1 edition N8ABG · class G
Bernard W Smith 1346 Byal Ave, Findlay, OH 45840 Winter 1989 p.1069
1984 → 1988 · 2 editions N8ABG · class T
Stephen Cking 10775 Wiull, Lakewood, CO 80117 Winter 1984 p.2, Winter 1988 p.3
None → 1983 · 5 editions N8ABG · class G
Bernard W Smith 1346 Byal Av, Findlay None p.879, Winter 1979 p.324, 1981 p.821, Winter 1982 p.925, Winter 1983 p.957
Others Requesting N8ABG
1 application listed N8ABG as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N8ABG in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N8ABG beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.