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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)
N8FCE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 9, 2000.
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 Nov 9, 2000
Previous holder: RICHARD L SUTHERLAND
Held N8FCE Nov 8, 1988 → Nov 8, 1998
· first licensed Nov 8, 1988 as N8FCE
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1984 as N8FCE, before the FCC's online records
N8FCEExpiredGeneralNov 8, 1988 → Nov 8, 1998 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 2000 · 14 discs N8FCE
· General · issued Nov 8, 1988, expires Nov 8, 1998
· previously KA8RKT(Novice)
RICHARD L. SUTHERLAND
12 ELMWOOD NE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49505
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 N8FCE
RICHARD L SUTHERLAND
12 ELMWOOD NE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49505
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 N8FCE · class G
Richard L Sut~erland 11 Elmwood Ne, Grand Rapids Ml 49505 1997 p.1705
1996 · 1 edition N8FCE · class G
Richard L Sutherland Jz Elmwood Ne, Grand Rapids Ml 1996 p.1635
1994 · 1 edition N8FCE · class G
Richard L Sutherland 12 Elmwood Ne, Grand Rapids Ml 49505 1994 p.1455
1992 · 1 edition N8FCE · class G
Richard L Utherlandj 12 Elmwood Ne Grand Rapids, MI 49505 1992 p.1263
1991 · 1 edition N8FCE · class G
Kenneth H Howarter 316 S 14th Street, Ord, NE 68862 Winter 1991 p.36
1990 · 1 edition N8FCE · class G
Richard L Sutherland 11 Elmwood Ne, Grand Rapids Ml 49505 Winter 1990 p.1118
1989 · 1 edition N8FCE · class G
Kenneth H Howarter 316 S 14th Street, Ord, NE 68862 Winter 1989 p.34
1988 · 1 edition N8FCE · class G
Richard L Sutherland 11 Elmwood Ne, Grand Rapids Ml 49505 Winter 1988 p.1086
1987 · 1 edition N8FCE · class G
Kenneth H Howarter Bl4 N 18th St, Ord Ne B88b1 Winter 1987 p.30
1986 · 1 edition N8FCE · class G
Richard L Sutherland 11 Elmwood Ne, Grand ·rapids, MI 49505 Winter 1986 p.1034
1985 · 1 edition N8FCE · class G
Richard L Sutherland 12 Elmwood Ne, Grand Rapids Ml 49505 Winter 1985 p.1034
1984 · 1 edition N8FCE · class G
Richard L Sutherland 11 Elmwood Ne, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Winter 1984 p.1033
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N8FCE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N8FCE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.