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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)
W4GQC HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 10, 2010.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jun 28, 2019 as choice 3:
not granted, that applicant got K4GQC instead.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 10, 2010
Previous holder: WILLIAM E CHAPPLE III
Held W4GQC Mar 22, 1988 → Jan 9, 2008
· first licensed Mar 22, 1988 as W4GQC
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1956 as W4GQC, before the FCC's online records
W4GQCExpiredAmateur ExtraMar 22, 1988 → Jan 9, 2008 (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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 7, 1999 · 3 discs W4GQC
· Amateur Extra · issued Jan 9, 1998, expires Jan 9, 2008
WILLIAM E CHAPPLE III .
PO BOX 896, HARTSELLE, AL 35640
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs W4GQC
· Amateur Extra · issued Mar 22, 1988, expires Mar 22, 1998
WILLIAM E CHAPPLE III
POB 896, HARTSELLE, AL 35640
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 W4GQC
WILLIAM E CHAPPLE III
PO Box 896 HARTSELLE, AL 35640
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.
1991 · 1 edition W4GQC · class E
William E Chapple 111 Pob 896, Hartselle, AL 35640 Winter 1991 p.502
1990 · 1 edition W4GQC · class E
William E Chapple 111 Pob 896, Hartselle Al, 35640 Yabucoa, PR 00767 Winter 1990 p.472
1989 · 1 edition W4GQC · class E
William E Chapple Ill Pob 896, Hartselle, AL 35640 Winter 1989 p.479
1988 · 1 edition W4GQC · class E
William E Chapple Ii I 2118 Westwood Sw, Hartselle, AL 35640 Winter 1988 p.473
1980 → 1982 · 3 editions W4GQC · class E
William Echapple Iii 2118 Westwood Sw, Hartselle, AL 35640 Winter 1980 p.423, 1981 p.356, Winter 1982 p.436
1971 → 1978 · 8 editions W4GQC · class E
William E Chapple Iii Ill, 309 Bobwhite Dr ‘s W. Decatur. . Wba4gai G Francis L Brittain Jr, 6505 Arlington Dr, Dunwoody, GA 30338 Winter 1971 p.249, Fall 1971 p.250, Winter 1972 p.252, Winter 1973 p.252, 1974 p.229, Winter 1975 p.250, Winter 1976 p.253, Winter 1978 p.373
1969 · 1 edition W4GQC · class E
W I L L I A M E . Chapple I I I 309 Bobwhite D R . S . W Summer 1969 p.250
1964 · 1 edition W4GQC
W I L L I A M E. C H A P P L E Iii P A R A D I S E T R A I L E R Ct Fall 1964 p.227
1963 · 1 edition W4GQC
Wi Ll I Am E . Chapple I I I 100 Hurlburt Rd Summer 1963 p.244
1956 → 1962 · 2 editions W4GQC
William E. Chapple Post Office Box 111, Woodbine, GA Spring 1956 p.163, Fall 1962 p.237
None · 1 edition W4GQC · class E
William E Chapple Iii 2118 Westwood Sw, Hartselle, AL 35640 None p.229
Others Requesting W4GQC
1 application listed W4GQC as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W4GQC in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W4GQC beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.