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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)
W2BWF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — W2BWF was last held in the 1990s (license expired Apr 14, 1997), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Feb 6, 2017 as choice 2:
not granted, that applicant got K2BWF instead.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
W2BWF in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 → Apr 7, 1999 · 11 discs W2BWF
· General · issued Apr 14, 1987, expires Apr 14, 1997
LESTER M WOOD
BARNEGAT NURSING CTR 859 W BAY AVE, BARNEGAT, NJ 08005
W2BWF 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.
1989 → 1992 · 4 editions W2BWF · class G
G Lester M Wood 859 W Bay Ave Barnegat Nursing Ctr, A Ka Nang Yuen, 627 Martense Ave, Teaneck, NJ 07666 Winter 1989 p.205, Winter 1990 p.206, Winter 1991 p.221, Winter 1992 p.228
1986 · 1 edition W2BWF · class G
Lester M Wooo 240 Rahway Rd, Barnegat, NJ 08005 Winter 1986 p.198
1982 → 1984 · 2 editions W2BWF · class G
Lester M Wood 12 West End Ave, Trenton, NJ 08618 Winter 1982 p.191, Winter 1984 p.200
1978 → 1981 · 4 editions W2BWF · class G
Lester M Wood 12 West End Av, Trenton Nj Winter 1978 p.164, Winter 1979 p.178, Winter 1980 p.185, 1981 p.120
1969 → 1974 · 7 editions W2BWF · class C
Lester M. Wood 12 W. End Av, Trenton 8 Summer 1969 p.105, Spring 1970 p.107, Winter 1971 p.106, Fall 1971 p.108, Winter 1972 p.108, Winter 1973 p.108, 1974 p.82
1968 · 1 edition W2BWF · class C
Lester H. Wood 12 W. Eno Av, Trenton 8 ' Nj Spring 1968 p.109
1962 → 1965 · 4 editions W2BWF
Lester M. Wood 12 W. End Av, Trenton 8 N J Fall 1962 p.102, Summer 1963 p.105, Fall 1964 p.96, Summer 1965 p.98
1961 · 1 edition W2BWF
Lester M. W0001 12 W. End Av. Trenton 8 N J Fall 1961 p.105
1961 · 1 edition W2BWF
Lester M. Wood 12 W. End Av, Trenton 8 Spring 1961 p.100
1959 · 1 edition W2BWF
Lester M Wood, 12 W. End A V . Trenton 8 N J Spring 1959 p.91
1953 → 1958 · 6 editions W2BWF
Lester M. Wood 12 West End Avenue, Trenton 8, NJ Fall 1953 p.74, Spring 1954 p.75, Fall 1954 p.62, Fall 1955 p.85, Spring 1956 p.69, Summer 1958 p.86
1952 · 1 edition W2BWF
L Ester M. W Ood F Ederal B Ldg., East State St., Trenton, NJ Fall 1952 p.71
1947 → 1951 · 5 editions W2BWF
Lester M. Wood 12 West End Ave., Trenton, NJ Fall 1947 p.38, Fall 1948 p.62, Summer 1949 p.43, Summer 1950 p.44, Spring 1951 p.68
1935 · 1 edition W2BWF
Paul B. King Jr. Cedar Av., W2bz.v-Portable Call Of W2ajk. Spring 1935 p.31
1934 · 1 edition W2BWF
Paul Kenotin Stony Brook, B. L. King I., N. Jr., Y. Cedar Av., W2bzs~~\v~·j~ngerfleld, 505 W, 183 St., NY Fall 1934 p.30
None · 1 edition W2BWF · class G
Lester M Wood 12 West End Ave, Trenton None p.122
None · 1 edition W2BWF · class C
Lester M Wood 12 W End Av, Trenton None p.82
Others Requesting W2BWF
2 applications listed W2BWF as a choice, newest first.