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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)
W2PLX HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 7, 2002.
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 Feb 7, 2002
Previous holder: RICHARD F SMITH
Held W2PLX Feb 5, 1985 → Feb 6, 2000
· first licensed Feb 5, 1985 as W2PLX
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1948 as W2PLX, before the FCC's online records
W2PLXCanceledAdvancedFeb 5, 1985 → Feb 6, 2000 (canceled)
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 Oct 31, 1994 → May 2, 2000 · 11 discs W2PLX
· Advanced · issued Oct 27, 1994, expires Oct 27, 2004
RICHARD F. SMITH
32 CEDAR HIEGHTS RD, RHINEBECK, NY 12572
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs W2PLX
· Advanced · issued Feb 5, 1985, expires Feb 5, 1995
RICHARD F SMITH
RR 1 BOX 103A CEDAR HGTS RD, RHINEBECK, NY 12572
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Nov 1, 2026 · 52 snapshots · as W2PLX
RICHARD F SMITH
32 CEDAR HIEGHTS RD, RHINEBECK, NY 12572
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 · 1 edition W2PLX · class A
Rkhard F Smith Rr 1 Box 103-A, Rhinebeck, NY 11571 1995 p.392
1993 · 1 edition W2PLX · class A
Richard F Smith Rr L Box Loj-A, Rhinebeck, NY 11571 1993 p.334
1991 · 1 edition W2PLX · class A
Richard F Smith Rr I Box 103-A, Rhinebeck, NY 11571 Winter 1991 p.303
1990 · 1 edition W2PLX · class A
Richard F Smith Rr 1 Box 103-A, Rhinebeck, NY 12571 Winter 1990 p.281
1986 · 1 edition W2PLX
A Richard Winter 1986 p.265
1985 · 1 edition W2PLX · class A
Richard F Smith ~ox 103-A C.dar Hts Rd, Rhinebeck, NY 12572 Winter 1985 p.270
1984 · 1 edition W2PLX · class A
Richard F Smithj Ox Ioj-A Cedar Hts Rd Rhinebeck, NV 12572 Winter 1984 p.275
1981 → 1983 · 3 editions W2PLX · class A
Richard F Smith Box 103a Cedar Hts Rd, Rhinebeck, NY 12572 1981 p.187, Winter 1982 p.262, Winter 1983 p.269
1971 → 1980 · 8 editions W2PLX · class A
Richard F Smith 27 Roxbury St, Huntington Station, NY 11746 Fall 1971 p.147, Winter 1972 p.150, Winter 1973 p.150, 1974 p.125, Winter 1975 p.145, Winter 1976 p.146, Winter 1979 p.239, Winter 1980 p.250
1971 · 1 edition W2PLX
A ~~~~~t~ns~~~r.~7 Roxbury St Winter 1971 p.146
1970 · 1 edition W2PLX
Richard F Sm Ith 27 Roxbury St Spring 1970 p.154
1961 → 1968 · 8 editions W2PLX · class A
Richard F. Smith 27 Roxbury St. Fall 1961 p.150, Fall 1962 p.142, Summer 1963 p.151, Fall 1964 p.143, Summer 1965 p.142, Spring 1966 p.139, Fall 1967 p.148, Spring 1968 p.152
1961 · 1 edition W2PLX
Richard F. Smith. Roxbury 5t. Spring 1961 p.149
1960 · 1 edition W2PLX
Richard F1 Smith. Roxbury St Winter 1960 p.150
1957 → 1959 · 3 editions W2PLX
Richard F. Smith Roxbury Street, Huntington Station, NY Fall 1957 p.139, Summer 1958 p.123, Spring 1959 p.127
1954 → 1956 · 3 editions W2PLX
Richard F. Smith Roxbury St., Huntington Station, NY Fall 1954 p.91, Fall 1955 p.120, Spring 1956 p.103
1954 · 1 edition W2PLX
Richard F Smith, Roxbury St., Huntington Station, NY Spring 1954 p.101
1952 → 1953 · 2 editions W2PLX
R Ich Ard F. Smith R Oxbury St., Huntington Station, NY Fall 1952 p.93, Fall 1953 p.97
1951 · 1 edition W2PLX
Richard F. Smith. Roxbury St. Huntington Sta., L.i., NY Spring 1951 p.85
1948 → 1950 · 3 editions W2PLX
Richard F. Smith 42 Fourth, Huntington Station, NY Fall 1948 p.76, Summer 1949 p.57, Summer 1950 p.59
None · 1 edition W2PLX · class A
Richard F Smith Box 103a Cedar Hts Rd, Rhinebeck None p.125
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W2PLX in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W2PLX beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.