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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)
W2YZS HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — W2YZS was last held in the 1990s (license expired Mar 22, 1998), 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.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
W2YZS 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 21, 1996 · 6 discs W2YZS
· Advanced · issued Mar 22, 1988, expires Mar 22, 1998
RALPH H SHEPARD
278 WESTVILLE AVE, WEST CALDWELL, NJ 07006
W2YZS 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.
1997 · 1 edition W2YZS
Ralph H Shepard Silent Key 1997 p.439
1994 · 1 edition W2YZS · class A
Ralph H Shepard 278 Westville Ave, West Caldwell, NJ 07006 1994 p.390
1991 → 1992 · 2 editions W2YZS · class A
Ralph H Shepard 178 Westville Ave, West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Winter 1991 p.336, 1992 p.347
1988 → 1990 · 3 editions W2YZS · class A
Ralph H Shepard 278 Westville Ave, West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Winter 1988 p.311, Winter 1989 p.312, Winter 1990 p.313
1986 · 1 edition W2YZS · class A
Ralph H Shepard 17b Westville Ave, West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Winter 1986 p.305
1985 · 1 edition W2YZS · class A
Ralp Hsh1 Ard, 17b Estville Ave, West Caldwell Winter 1985 p.306
1984 · 1 edition W2YZS · class A
Ralpll H Shepard 278 Westvihe Ave, West Caldweff, NJ 07006 Winter 1984 p.308
1979 → 1983 · 3 editions W2YZS · class A
Ralph H Shepard 278 Westville Av, West Caldwell, NJ 07006 Winter 1979 p.269, 1981 p.215, Winter 1983 p.298
1974 → 1975 · 2 editions W2YZS
A Er~~~ C'!i~fiard 278 Westville Av Winter 1974 p.170, Winter 1975 p.169
1973 → 1974 · 2 editions W2YZS · class A
Ralph H Shepard 278 Westville Av Winter 1973 p.171, 1974 p.146
1972 · 1 edition W2YZS
A ~~~r C~tj~:~ar ' 278 Westville Av Winter 1972 p.171
1971 · 1 edition W2YZS · class A
Ralph H Shepard 278 Westville Av Fall 1971 p.169
1970 · 1 edition W2YZS · class A
Ralph H Shep Aro 278 Westville Av Spring 1970 p.177
1963 → 1969 · 8 editions W2YZS · class A
Ralph H. Shepard 278 Westville Av Summer 1963 p.174, Fall 1964 p.162, Summer 1965 p.165, Spring 1966 p.165, Fall 1967 p.175, Winter 1968 p.173, Summer 1969 p.173, Fall 1969 p.173
1962 · 1 edition W2YZS
Ralph H 5hepard» 278 Westville A V . Fall 1962 p.167
1961 · 2 editions W2YZS
Ralph H. Shepard 278 Westville Av# Spring 1961 p.169, Fall 1961 p.175
1959 → 1960 · 2 editions W2YZS
Ralph H Shepard, 278 Westville Av Spring 1959 p.147, Winter 1960 p.168
1957 → 1958 · 2 editions W2YZS
Ralph H. Shepard 278 Westvule Ave., West Caldweu, N. Fall 1957 p.158, Summer 1958 p.140
1954 → 1956 · 3 editions W2YZS
Ralph H. Shepard 18 Francis Place, Caldwell, NJ Fall 1954 p.100, Fall 1955 p.129, Spring 1956 p.115
None → 1953 · 6 editions W2YZS · class A
Ralph H Shepard De Baun Avenue, West Caldwell, NJ None p.146, Summer 1949 p.71, Summer 1950 p.73, Spring 1951 p.98, Fall 1952 p.104, Fall 1953 p.107