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W2IGR HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 24, 2010.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Nov 30, 2015 as choice 10:
not granted, that applicant got K6IGR instead.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 24, 2010
Previous holder: Edward J Taffe Jr
Held W2IGR May 10, 1988 → Jan 23, 2008
· first licensed May 10, 1988 as W2IGR
· 1 license · FRN 0006610760 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1936 as W2IGR, before the FCC's online records
W2IGRExpiredAmateur ExtraMay 10, 1988 → Jan 23, 2008 (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 7, 1999 · 3 discs W2IGR
· Amateur Extra · issued Jan 23, 1998, expires Jan 23, 2008
EDWARD J TAFFE JR
222 3RD ST, PALISADES PARK, NJ 07650
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs W2IGR
· Amateur Extra · issued May 10, 1988, expires May 10, 1998
EDWARD J TAFFE JR
222 3RD ST, PALISADES PARK, NJ 07650
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 W2IGR
Edward J Taffe Jr
222 3rd St, Palisades Park, NJ 07650-1506
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 Apr 27, 2002 → Apr 17, 2003 · 3 discs W2IGR
· Amateur Extra · issued Mar 1, 2002, expires Jan 23, 2008
EDWARD J TAFFE; JR
222 3RD ST, PALISADES PARK, NJ 07650-1506
W2IGR 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.
1988 · 1 edition W2IGR · class E
Edward J Taffe Jr 222 3rd St, Palisades Part<, NJ 07650 Winter 1988 p.245
1987 · 1 edition W2IGR · class E
Edward J Taffe Jr 111 Jrd St, Palisades Park, NJ 07650 Winter 1987 p.235
1985 · 1 edition W2IGR · class E
Edward J Taffe Jr 111 3rd St, Palisades Park Nj 07b50 Winter 1985 p.236
1980 → 1983 · 3 editions W2IGR · class E
Edward J Taffe Jr 222 3rd St, Palisades Park •, NJ 07650 Winter 1980 p.220, Winter 1982 p.228, Winter 1983 p.233
1974 → 1979 · 4 editions W2IGR · class E
Edward J Taffe Jr 222 Third St, Palisades Park, NJ 07650 1974 p.105, Winter 1976 p.128, Winter 1977 p.141, Winter 1979 p.208
1973 · 1 edition W2IGR · class E
Edward J Taffe J R 222 Third St Winter 1973 p.131
1970 → 1972 · 4 editions W2IGR · class E
Edward J Taffe Jr 22z Third St Spring 1970 p.131, Winter 1971 p.126, Fall 1971 p.126, Winter 1972 p.131
1969 · 1 edition W2IGR · class E
Edward J . Taffe J R 222 Third St Summer 1969 p.129
1961 → 1968 · 8 editions W2IGR · class G
Edward J. Taffe Jr 222 Third St Spring 1961 p.121, Fall 1961 p.125, Fall 1962 p.121, Summer 1963 p.131, Summer 1965 p.118, Spring 1966 p.117, Fall 1967 p.126, Spring 1968 p.131
1959 · 1 edition W2IGR
Edward J Taffe Jr, 222 Third St Spring 1959 p.109
1957 · 1 edition W2IGR
Edward J. Taffe Jr. 222 Third St., Palisades Park, NJ Fall 1957 p.124
1956 · 1 edition W2IGR
Edward J Taffe Jr., 222 Third St., Palisades Park, NJ Spring 1956 p.84
1955 · 1 edition W2IGR
Edward J. Taffe Jr. 222 Third St., Palisades Park, NJ Fall 1955 p.101
1954 · 1 edition W2IGR
Edward J. Taffe Jr. 222 Third St., Palisades Park, N. Fall 1954 p.80
1954 · 1 edition W2IGR
Edward J Taffe Jr., 222 Third St., Palisades Park, NJ Spring 1954 p.91
1953 · 1 edition W2IGR
Edward J. Taffe Jr. 411 42nd Street, Union City, NJ Fall 1953 p.87
1952 · 1 edition W2IGR
Edward J. T Affe J R. 411 42nd Street, Union C Ity, NJ Fall 1952 p.82
1950 → 1951 · 2 editions W2IGR
Edward J. Taffe Jr. 411 42nd Street, Union City, NJ Summer 1950 p.51, Spring 1951 p.76
1940 → 1946 · 3 editions W2IGR
Edward J. Taffe Jr. 921 Cottage Pl, Union Spring 1940 p.42, Spring 1941 p.30, Summer 1946 p.49
1939 · 1 edition W2IGR
Edward J. Taffe Jr. 216 Edgewater Rd., Cliff- Spring 1939 p.31
1936 · 1 edition W2IGR
Edward J. Taffe Jr. 435 23rd St., West New Brooklyn, N. Y. N. J. ' Spring 1936 p.159
None · 1 edition W2IGR · class E
Edward J Taffe Dr 202 3rd St, Palisades Park, NJ 07650 None p.160
Others Requesting W2IGR
1 application listed W2IGR as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W2IGR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W2IGR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.