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W5RIJ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 27, 2016.
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 Apr 27, 2016
Previous holder: WILLIAM S RILEY
Held W5RIJ Mar 13, 1984 → Apr 26, 2014
· first licensed Mar 13, 1984 as W5RIJ
· 1 license · FRN 0010103810 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as W5RIJ, before the FCC's online records
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 17, 2003 · 11 discs W5RIJ
· General · issued Apr 26, 1994, expires Apr 26, 2004
WILLIAM S. RILEY
PO BOX 790, FLIPPIN, AR 72634
Seen May 3, 1994 → Apr 4, 1997 · 7 discs W5RIJ
· General · issued Apr 26, 1994, expires Apr 26, 2004
WILLIAM S RILEY
POB 790, FLIPPIN, AR 72634
Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc W5RIJ
· General · issued Mar 13, 1984, expires Mar 13, 1994
WILLIAM S RILEY
3426 PICKLE RD, OREGON, OH 43616
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 W5RIJ
WILLIAM S RILEY
PO Box 790 FLIPPIN, AR 72634
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.
1994 · 1 edition W5RIJ · class T
David F Mccoy 202 515 W Border St, Arlington, TX 76010 1994 p.928
1988 → 1992 · 2 editions W5RIJ · class G
Wilham S Riley 3426 Pickle Rd, Oregon, OH 43616 Winter 1988 p.717, 1992 p.823
1986 · 1 edition W5RIJ · class G
William S Riley 341b Pickle Rd, Oregon Oh 4jblb A James Mbunch, J7js Wuiet Cir, Colorado Springs, CO 80917 Winter 1986 p.685
1980 → 1983 · 3 editions W5RIJ · class G
William S Riley 3426 Pickle Rd, Oregon, OH 43616 Winter 1980 p.617, Winter 1982 p.643, Winter 1983 p.665
1976 → 1979 · 2 editions W5RIJ · class C
William S Riley 604 Tennessee St Se, Albuquerque, NM 87108 Winter 1976 p.366, Winter 1979 p.582
1974 · 1 edition W5RIJ
C Wlan - Ae 605 Tennessee St Se 1974 p.333
1970 → 1972 · 3 editions W5RIJ · class C
Williams Rilev 605 Tennessee St Sf. Spring 1970 p.353, Fall 1971 p.357, Winter 1972 p.360
1969 · 1 edition W5RIJ · class C
William S R I L E Y 605 Tennessee St Se Summer 1969 p.349
1951 → 1953 · 3 editions W5RIJ
Aubrey L . Putnam 1213 N . Sylvania A V E ., F T . Worth, TX Spring 1951 p.162, Fall 1952 p.172, Fall 1953 p.177
1950 · 1 edition W5RIJ
Aubrey L. Putnam 2221 Sixth Avenue, F Ort W Orth, TX Summer 1950 p.133
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5RIJ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5RIJ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.