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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)
W4ILN HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 21, 2024.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jun 18, 2020 as choice 5:
not granted, that applicant got K4ZHX instead.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 21, 2024
Previous holder: HAROLD L SPENCER
Held W4ILN Oct 20, 1992 → Oct 20, 2022
· first licensed Oct 20, 1992 as W4ILN
· 1 license · FRN 0003516598 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1960 as W4ILN, before the FCC's online records
W4ILNExpiredGeneralOct 20, 1992 → Oct 20, 2022 (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 25, 2002 → Apr 17, 2003 · 2 discs W4ILN
· General · issued Jul 24, 2002, expires Oct 20, 2012
HAROLD L SPENCER
110B MARSHLAND RD, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC 29926
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 27, 2002 · 15 discs W4ILN
· General · issued Aug 29, 1994, expires Oct 20, 2002
HAROLD L. SPENCER
110B MARSHLAND RD, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC 29926
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs W4ILN
· General · issued Oct 20, 1992, expires Oct 20, 2002
HAROLD L SPENCER
110B MARSHLAND RD, HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC 29926
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 4, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as W4ILN
HAROLD L SPENCER
1343 3 HECKER RD, WATERLOO, NY 13165
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 W4ILN
G ~~t:~ ~.sf\:~ D 110-B Marshland Rd 1997 p.698
1990 → 1994 · 3 editions W4ILN · class G
Harold L Spencer Pob 3181, Hilton Head Island, SC 19918 Winter 1990 p.494, Winter 1991 p.525, 1994 p.614
1988 · 1 edition W4ILN · class G
Harold L Spencer Pob 3281, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 Winter 1988 p.492
1987 · 1 edition W4ILN · class G
Harold L Spencer Pob 3161, Hilton Head Island, SC 19928 Winter 1987 p.480
1986 · 1 edition W4ILN · class G
Harold L Spencer Pob J1bi, Hilton Head Island, SC 29918 Winter 1986 p.478
1985 · 1 edition W4ILN · class G
Harold L Spencer Pob 3181, Hilton Head Island, SC 19918 Winter 1985 p.486
1982 → 1984 · 3 editions W4ILN · class G
Harold L Spencer Pob 3281, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 Winter 1982 p.450, Winter 1983 p.466, Winter 1984 p.488
1978 → 1981 · 3 editions W4ILN · class G
Harold L Spencer Rfd 2-Box 330, Burton = Winter 1978 p.386, Winter 1980 p.439, 1981 p.369
1961 · 1 edition W4ILN
Harold L. Spencer1 408 N.37th St1fort Pierce Fla Fall 1961 p.248
1960 · 1 edition W4ILN
Harold L. Spencer 408 Ne37th St, Fort Pierce Fla Winter 1960 p.236
1946 · 1 edition W4ILN
Lillian Kelly 3325 20th Rd. N., Arlington, Ya. Summer 1946 p.82
None · 1 edition W4ILN · class G
Harold L Spencer Pob 3281, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928 None p.391
Others Requesting W4ILN
1 application listed W4ILN as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W4ILN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W4ILN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.