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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)
W3IFL HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — W3IFL was last held in the 1990s (license expired Mar 10, 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 Jul 12, 2010 as choice 2:
not granted, that applicant got K3ETT instead.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
W3IFL 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 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs W3IFL
· General · issued Mar 10, 1987, expires Mar 10, 1997
RICHARD P MASON
49 PARTRIDGE LN, KENNETT SQUARE, PA 19348
W3IFL 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.
1983 → 1996 · 9 editions W3IFL · class G
Richard P Mason 49 Partridge Ln, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Winter 1983 p.343, Winter 1984 p.353, Winter 1985 p.350, Winter 1986 p.347, Winter 1987 p.347, 1992 p.389, 1994 p.435, 1995 p.491, 1996 p.476
1977 → 1980 · 3 editions W3IFL · class G
Richard P Mason Rfd 2-Partridge Ln, Kennett Square, PA 19348 Winter 1977 p.205, Winter 1979 p.307, Winter 1980 p.322
1958 → 1959 · 2 editions W3IFL
J O H N R. M O R R I S 5 0 7 M I D W A Y D R, L E X I N G T O N P A R K M D Summer 1958 p.159, Spring 1959 p.168
1957 · 1 edition W3IFL
John R. Morris 507 Midway Dr., Lexington Park, MD Fall 1957 p.171
1940 → 1941 · 3 editions W3IFL
Jiles W. Collins Marion, VA Spring 1940 p.65, Winter 1941 p.66, Spring 1941 p.54
Others Requesting W3IFL
2 applications listed W3IFL as a choice, newest first.