🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update today 9:45 am CDT
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
W8AGQ HAM
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Not available yet — opens for vanity requests
Jun 6, 2028 , two years after the license was canceled (Jun 5, 2026).
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
📬 QSL:
no LoTW uploads on record
· not eQSL AG
· QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held
· 2 holders on record
Previous holder: Michael J Zientak
Held W8AGQ Feb 24, 2026 → Jun 5, 2026
· first licensed Jan 23, 2026 as KF8FQR
· 3 licenses · FRN 0035891340
WS6O
Active
Amateur Extra · vanity
Jun 5, 2026 → expires Jun 5, 2036
Licensee Michael J Zientak
Address Attn: Michael Zientak 51829 East Pointe Ln Chesterfield, MI 48051
42.6790, -82.8190 (street) · Grid
EN82oq · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
FRN 0035891340
Previous call W8AGQ (General)
Last granted Jun 5, 2026
Effective Jun 5, 2026
Last action Jun 5, 2026
FCC actions (2)
Jun 5, 2026 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Jun 5, 2026 — License issued LIISS
W8AGQ
Canceled
Amateur Extra · vanity
Feb 24, 2026 → Jun 5, 2026 (canceled)
Licensee Michael J Zientak
Address 51829 East Pointe Ln Chesterfield, MI 48051
42.6790, -82.8190 (street) · Grid
EN82oq · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
FRN 0035891340
Previous call KF8FQR (General)
Last granted Feb 24, 2026
Effective May 13, 2026
Last action Jun 5, 2026
FCC actions (5)
Jun 5, 2026 — License canceled LICAN May 13, 2026 — License modified LIMOD Mar 18, 2026 — License modified LIMOD Feb 24, 2026 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Feb 24, 2026 — License issued LIISS
KF8FQR
Canceled
Technician
Jan 23, 2026 → Feb 24, 2026 (canceled)
Licensee Michael J Zientak
Address 51829 East Pointe Ln Chesterfield, MI 48051
42.6790, -82.8190 (street) · Grid
EN82oq · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
FRN 0035891340
Last granted Jan 23, 2026
Effective Jan 23, 2026
Last action Feb 24, 2026
FCC actions (3)
Feb 24, 2026 — License canceled LICAN Jan 23, 2026 — License issued LIISS Jan 23, 2026 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Sep 27, 2026 → Oct 4, 2026 · 6 snapshots · as KF8FQR
Michael J Zientak
51829 East Pointe Ln, Chesterfield, MI 48051
42.6790, -82.8190 (street) · Grid
EN82oq · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
Previous holder: ARTHUR S TOWNSEND
Held W8AGQ May 6, 1996 → May 6, 2006
· first licensed May 6, 1996 as W8AGQ
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
W8AGQ
Expired
General
May 6, 1996 → May 6, 2006 (expired)
Licensee ARTHUR S TOWNSEND
Address PO Box 212 SAINT DAVID, AZ 85630
31.8868, -110.1798 (ZIP center) · Grid
DM41vv · CQ 3 · ITU 6 ·
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Last granted May 6, 1996
Effective May 6, 1996
Last action May 7, 2008
FCC actions (1)
May 7, 2008 — License expired LIEXP
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as W8AGQ
ARTHUR S TOWNSEND
PO Box 212 SAINT DAVID, AZ 85630
31.8868, -110.1798 (ZIP center) · Grid
DM41vv · CQ 3 · ITU 6 ·
map ↗
Others requesting W8AGQ
1 application listed W8AGQ as a choice, newest first.
📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8AGQ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8AGQ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.
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