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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)
W0ECW HAM
✅ Never issued — W0ECW isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jun 26, 2006 as choice 2:
not granted, that applicant got K0ECW instead.
The FCC has no record of W0ECW ever being issued.
W0ECW in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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.
1962 · 1 edition W0ECW
Alvin H. B I S H O P Jr 1028 S, 36th St, Omaha Nebr Fall 1962 p.15
1949 → 1952 · 4 editions W0ECW
Allen K. Schleicher 7112 Pershing, University City, MO Summer 1949 p.5, Summer 1950 p.5, Spring 1951 p.28, Fall 1952 p.25
Others Requesting W0ECW
1 application listed W0ECW as a choice, newest first.