🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 21, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 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)
N8AFO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 14, 2007.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 14, 2007
Previous holder: MICHAEL D SIMS
Held N8AFO Aug 24, 1984 → Jan 13, 2005
· first licensed Aug 24, 1984 as N8AFO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as N8AFO, before the FCC's online records
N8AFOExpiredAdvancedAug 24, 1984 → Jan 13, 2005 (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 12, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 16 discs N8AFO
· Advanced · issued Jan 13, 1995, expires Jan 13, 2005
MICHAEL D. SIMS
2769 GRANADA DR APT 3A, JACKSON, MI 49202
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs N8AFO
· Advanced · issued Aug 24, 1984, expires Aug 24, 1994
MICHAEL D SIMS
716 UNION ST, JACKSON, MI 49203
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 N8AFO
MICHAEL D SIMS
2769 GRANADA DR APT 3A, JACKSON, MI 49202
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 N8AFO · class A
Michael Dsims 2769 Granada Or Apt 3-Anjackson Winter 1996 p.1604
1995 · 1 edition N8AFO · class A
Carl Hbohman Jr 225 Oakview Ct, Pickerington Winter 1995 p.1523
1994 · 1 edition N8AFO · class T
Edward H Smith 33 Henry St, Bedford, OH 44146 1994 p.1424
1993 · 1 edition N8AFO · class A
Frank D Mc Kibben Pob 416 Vail Co 81&58 Kc Ah A Maureen Burnell, Bb10 Auto Club Rd, Bloomington, MN 55438 1993 p.3
1992 · 1 edition N8AFO · class T
Edward H Smith 33 Henry St, Bedford, OH 44146 1992 p.1232
1991 · 1 edition N8AFO · class A
Frank D Mc Kibben Pob 416, Vail, CO 81658 Winter 1991 p.4
1989 → 1990 · 2 editions N8AFO · class A
Carl H Bohman Jr 680 Bellarmine Ln, Florissant, MO 63031 Winter 1989 p.1070, Winter 1990 p.1087
1988 · 1 edition N8AFO · class A
Michael D Sims 716 Union St, Jackson Ml 49103 G William J Nolan, 1204 Taylor St, Warren, OH 44485 Winter 1988 p.1054
1985 → 1987 · 2 editions N8AFO · class A
Michael 0 Sims 716 Union St, Jackson Ml 49103 Winter 1985 p.1004, Winter 1987 p.1024
1984 · 1 edition N8AFO · class A
Frank 0 Mc Kibben Pob 420 Vail Co B!o57 Winter 1984 p.4
1980 → 1983 · 4 editions N8AFO · class A
Michael D Sims 716 Union St, Jackson, MI 49203 Winter 1980 p.886, 1981 p.823, Winter 1982 p.928, Winter 1983 p.960
1979 · 1 edition N8AFO · class T
Michael 0 Sins 716 T.mn Si. Jackson M~ 49203 Winter 1979 p.325
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N8AFO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N8AFO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.