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W4FGU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 1, 2008.
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 Jun 1, 2008
Previous holder: CLAUDE M LEATHERS SR
Held W4FGU Sep 9, 1986 → May 31, 2006
· first licensed Sep 9, 1986 as W4FGU
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1939 as W4FGU, before the FCC's online records
W4FGUExpiredAdvancedSep 9, 1986 → May 31, 2006 (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 Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 7, 1999 · 5 discs W4FGU
· Advanced · issued May 31, 1996, expires May 31, 2006
CLAUDE M LEATHERS SR
275 MC WHORTER DR, ATHENS, GA 30606
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 21, 1996 · 6 discs W4FGU
· Advanced · issued Sep 9, 1986, expires Sep 9, 1996
CLAUDE M LEATHERS SR
275 MC WHORTER DR, ATHENS, GA 30606
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 W4FGU
CLAUDE M LEATHERS SR
275 MC WHORTER DR, ATHENS, GA 30606
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 W4FGU · class A
Claude M Leathers Sr Z75 Mcwhorter Dr, Athens, GA 30606 1997 p.646
1994 → 1995 · 2 editions W4FGU · class A
Claude M Leathers Sr 275 Mc Whorter Dr, Athens, GA 30606 1994 p.572, Winter 1995 p.602
1993 · 1 edition W4FGU · class A
Claude M Leathers R 175 Mc Whorter Dr. Athens, GA 30606 1993 p.541
1992 · 1 edition W4FGU · class A
Claude M Leathers Sr 175 Mc Whorter Dr, Athens, GA 30606 1992 p.508
1988 → 1991 · 4 editions W4FGU · class A
Claude M Leathers Sr 275 Mc Whorter Dr, Athens, GA 30606 Winter 1988 p.458, Winter 1989 p.462, Winter 1990 p.457, Winter 1991 p.486
1987 · 1 edition W4FGU
A Claud• Ml!ath<Rs Sr 17s Mc Whorter Or, Athens Ga Jo&ob Kb4fhn N Barbara C Etherington, 5824 Rhonda R, Lynchburg, VA 14501 Winter 1987 p.449
1984 → 1986 · 3 editions W4FGU · class A
Claude Mleathers Sr 175 Mc Whorter Dr, Athens, GA 30601 Winter 1984 p.456, Winter 1985 p.452, Winter 1986 p.448
1981 → 1983 · 3 editions W4FGU · class A
Claude M. Leathers 275 Mc Whorter Dr, Athens, GA 30601 1981 p.345, Winter 1982 p.426, Winter 1983 p.439
1980 · 1 edition W4FGU · class A
Claude M. Leathers 275 Mc Whorte' Dr, Athens, GA 30601 Winter 1980 p.413
1979 · 1 edition W4FGU · class A
Claude M. Leathers.275 Me Whorler Dr Athens, GA 30601 Winter 1979 p.394
1974 → 1977 · 4 editions W4FGU · class A
Claude M. Leathers 275-Mc Whorter Dr Winter 1974 p.248, Winter 1975 p.244, Winter 1976 p.247, Winter 1977 p.262
1974 · 1 edition W4FGU · class A
Claude M. Leather 275 Mc Whorter Dr 1974 p.222
1971 → 1973 · 4 editions W4FGU · class A
Claude M. Leathers 275 Mc Whorter Dr Winter 1971 p.243, Fall 1971 p.244, Winter 1972 p.247, Winter 1973 p.247
1969 · 1 edition W4FGU · class A
Claude M . L E A T H E R S 275 Mc Whcrter D R, Athens Ga Summer 1969 p.245
1968 · 1 edition W4FGU · class A
Claude H. Leathers 2.75 Mcwhorter Or, Athens Ga Spring 1968 p.253
1965 → 1966 · 2 editions W4FGU
Claude M. Leathers 27s Mc Whorter Or, Athens Ga Summer 1965 p.227, Spring 1966 p.231
1964 · 1 edition W4FGU · class C
L A U D E M. L E A T H E R S 27 5 Mc W H O R T E R D R . A T H E N S Ga Fall 1964 p.223
1963 · 1 edition W4FGU
Claude M. Leathers 275 Mc Whorter Dr1athens Ga Summer 1963 p.239
1961 · 1 edition W4FGU
Claude M Leathers, 27s Mc Whorter Dr1athens Ga Fall 1961 p.240
1952 → 1961 · 9 editions W4FGU
Claude M. Leathers 275 M Cw Horter D Rive, Athens, GA Fall 1952 p.132, Fall 1953 p.135, Spring 1954 p.143, Fall 1954 p.134, Fall 1955 p.172, Fall 1957 p.203, Summer 1958 p.190, Winter 1960 p.227, Spring 1961 p.227
1950 → 1951 · 2 editions W4FGU
Claude M. Leathers P. O, Box 1185, Athens, GA Summer 1950 p.98, Spring 1951 p.125
1949 · 1 edition W4FGU
Claude M Leathers, 275 Mcwhorter Drive, Athens, GA Summer 1949 p.96
1939 → 1947 · 4 editions W4FGU
Claude M. Leathers Box 242, Athens, GA Spring 1939 p.62, Fall 1940 p.64, Summer 1946 p.78, Fall 1947 p.90
None · 1 edition W4FGU · class A
Claude M Leathers Sr 275 Mc Whorter Dr, Athens, GA 30601 None p.364
None · 1 edition W4FGU
A Caude" Esthets 275 Mc Whorter Dr None p.222
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W4FGU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W4FGU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.