🕒 FCC license data updated today 8:30 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 1, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 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
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Also a GMRS licensee
Active until Feb 10, 2034 · same FCC Registration Number (FRN) · GMRS covers the licensee's immediate family
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Jul 6, 2032. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Jul 7, 2034.
📬 QSL:
LoTW user · last upload Jan 1, 2026
· eQSL AG member
· QRZ · HamQTH
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W8AND has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Jun 17, 2022 ·
what was requested
Currently held by Andrew Busse
· 2 holders on record
🗓 Active on 1 net · last heard Oct 1, 2026
Current holder: Andrew Busse
Held W8AND Jul 6, 2022 → present
· first licensed Jun 29, 2020 as KE8OTO
· 2 licenses · FRN 0029707635
W8AND
Active
Technician · vanity
Jul 6, 2022 → expires Jul 6, 2032
Licensee Andrew Busse
Address PO Box 113 GRANDVILLE, MI 49468-0113
FRN 0029707635
Previous call KE8OTO
Last granted Jul 6, 2022
Effective Jul 6, 2022
Last action Jul 6, 2022
FCC actions (2)
Jul 6, 2022 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Jul 6, 2022 — License issued LIISS
KE8OTO
Canceled
Technician
Jun 29, 2020 → Jul 6, 2022 (canceled)
Licensee Andrew Busse
Address PO Box 113 GRANDVILLE, MI 49468-0113
FRN 0029707635
Last granted Jun 29, 2020
Effective Jun 29, 2020
Last action Jul 6, 2022
FCC actions (3)
Jul 6, 2022 — License canceled LICAN Jun 29, 2020 — License issued LIISS Jun 29, 2020 — 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 Apr 16, 2022 → Sep 27, 2026 · 23 snapshots · as KE8OTO
Andrew Busse
PO Box 113 GRANDVILLE, MI 49468-0113
Previous holder: THELMA M SMITH
Held W8AND Nov 12, 2003 → Feb 8, 2014
· first licensed Nov 12, 2003 as W8AND
· 1 license · FRN 0009862012
W8AND
Expired
Technician
Nov 12, 2003 → Feb 8, 2014 (expired)
Licensee THELMA M SMITH
Address 1500 PIKE PKY STREETSBORO, OH 44241
41.2426, -81.3477 (ZIP center) · Grid
EN91hf · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
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FRN 0009862012
Last granted Nov 12, 2003
Effective Nov 12, 2003
Last action Feb 9, 2016
FCC actions (3)
Feb 9, 2016 — License expired LIEXP Nov 12, 2003 — License renewed LIREN Nov 12, 2003 — FCC action LITIN
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as W8AND
THELMA M SMITH
1500 PIKE PKY, STREETSBORO, OH 44241
41.2426, -81.3477 (ZIP center) · Grid
EN91hf · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
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Vanity applications filed by W8AND
Calls this licensee has asked the FCC for, newest first, in their order of preference. The FCC processes applications 18 days after filing; "likely award" is our estimate from every pending application in filing order.
Filed · Award Applicant Requested (in order) Status
Filed Jun 17, 2022
Granted Jul 6, 2022
0010094918
KE8OTO · Andrew Busse
· Technician
PO Box 113 · GRANDVILLE, MI 49468-0113
Granted
Others requesting W8AND
7 applications listed W8AND as a choice, newest first.
Filed Award Applicant Choice # Status
Oct 25, 2022
Nov 12, 2022
WB6MFS · JOHN W CONRAD · Hastings, MI
2 Granted Jun 17, 2022
Jul 5, 2022
KE8OTO · Andrew Busse · GRANDVILLE, MI
1 Granted Mar 22, 2022
Apr 9, 2022
KN6TKH · Andie M Leslie · Lakeport, CA
7 Granted Jan 18, 2022
Feb 5, 2022
KE8TQN · Larry J Cardo · Powell, OH
3 Granted Sep 27, 2021
Oct 15, 2021
KE8NEA · Christopher C Humphreys · Dayton, OH
22 Granted Nov 27, 2019
Dec 15, 2019
KN4YHK · Alexander N Diego · Boca Raton, FL
2 Granted Sep 6, 2017
Sep 24, 2017
KE8HTD · Nicholas Anthony · Fredericktown, OH
3 Granted
Nets
From nets logged with NetLogger since the start of collection.
📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8AND in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8AND beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.
📤 Heard by others PSK Reporter
Heard by 34 stations
(61 reports) · last 5 hr ago · FT8 · grid EN72CV
10m · 34
Farthest:
VK2MBK , 9,286 miles on 10m FT8 (-17 dB)
PSK Reporter map →
Data: FCC Universal Licensing System (amateur & GMRS), NetLogger and more · site status
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