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W2IOY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 11, 2018.
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 Dec 11, 2018
Previous holder: DAVID BROWN
Held W2IOY Mar 3, 1987 → Dec 10, 2016
· first licensed Mar 3, 1987 as W2IOY
· 1 license · FRN 0015498884 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as W2IOY, before the FCC's online records
W2IOYExpiredGeneralMar 3, 1987 → Dec 10, 2016 (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 Apr 4, 1997 → Apr 17, 2003 · 12 discs W2IOY
· General · issued Dec 10, 1996, expires Dec 10, 2006
DAVID BROWN
1 WEST 81ST ST, NEW YORK, NY 10024
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs W2IOY
· General · issued Mar 3, 1987, expires Mar 3, 1997
DAVID BROWN
1 WEST 81ST ST, NEW YORK, NY 10024
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 27, 2010 → Nov 1, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as W2IOY
DAVID BROWN
1 WEST 81ST ST PH22D, NEW YORK, NY 10024
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.
1995 → 1996 · 2 editions W2IOY · class G
David Brown 1 W Blst Street, N!w York, NY 10024 1995 p.346, 1996 p.377
1991 → 1994 · 2 editions W2IOY · class G
Jack Franey 16 Cedarcroft Rd, Gibbsboro, NJ 08026 Winter 1991 p.265, 1994 p.295
1988 → 1989 · 2 editions W2IOY · class G
David Brown I W 31st Street, New Yorle, NY 10024 Winter 1988 p.246, Winter 1989 p.251
1987 · 1 edition W2IOY · class G
David Brown L West Blst St, New York, NY 10024 Winter 1987 p.237
1985 · 1 edition W2IOY · class G
David Brown I West 8lst St, New York, NY 10014 Winter 1985 p.237
1981 → 1982 · 2 editions W2IOY · class G
David Brown 1 W 81st St, New York, NY 10024 1981 p.159, Winter 1982 p.230
1979 → 1980 · 2 editions W2IOY · class G
David Brown 1 W Blst St, New York, NY 10024 Winter 1979 p.210, Winter 1980 p.221
1956 · 1 edition W2IOY
Daniel Kaplan 2306 Strauss Street, Brooklyn, NY Spring 1956 p.87
1954 → 1955 · 2 editions W2IOY
James Kater 21 Oliver Street, Chatham, NJ Fall 1954 p.81, Fall 1955 p.102
1954 · 1 edition W2IOY
Daniel Kaplan 2306 Strauss Street, Brooklyn, NY Spring 1954 p.93
1952 → 1953 · 2 editions W2IOY
Jam Es K Ater 21 O Liv Er Street, Chatham, NJ Fall 1952 p.82, Fall 1953 p.87
1936 · 1 edition W2IOY
Harry F. Devlin 1332 Third Av., N. Y. City. Spring 1936 p.159
None · 1 edition W2IOY · class G
David Brown 1 West 81st St, New York, NY 10024 None p.162
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W2IOY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W2IOY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.