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W8AQA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — W8AQA was last held in the 1990s (license expired Feb 3, 1997), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
W8AQA in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 Sep 9, 1993 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs W8AQA
· Advanced · issued Feb 3, 1987, expires Feb 3, 1997
ROBERT B COOPER
132 GUILD ST NE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49505
W8AQA in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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.
1988 → 1991 · 3 editions W8AQA · class A
Robert B Cooper 132 Guild St Ne, Grand Rapids Ml 49505 Winter 1988 p.1057, Winter 1990 p.1089, Winter 1991 p.1183
1987 · 1 edition W8AQA · class A
Robert 8 Cooper 132 Guild St E, Gran Ratds Ml 49505 Winter 1987 p.1026
1980 → 1983 · 4 editions W8AQA · class A
Robert B Cooper 132 Guild St Ne, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 Winter 1980 p.890, 1981 p.826, Winter 1982 p.931, Winter 1983 p.962
1979 · 1 edition W8AQA · class A
Robert B Cooper 132 G~e, Gr~apids, MI 49505 Winter 1979 p.329
1970 → 1977 · 9 editions W8AQA · class A
Robert 8 Cooper 132 Guild St Ne, Gra.no Rapids Ml Spring 1970 p.498, Winter 1971 p.497, Fall 1971 p.497, Winter 1972 p.504, Winter 1973 p.504, 1974 p.473, Winter 1975 p.500, Winter 1976 p.510, Winter 1977 p.556
1964 · 1 edition W8AQA
R O B E R T B . C O O P E R 132 G U I L D N . E . G R A N D R A P I D S 5 Mich Fall 1964 p.436
1962 · 1 edition W8AQA
Robert B Cooper 1 1 3 2 G U I L D N T E, Grand R A P I D S 5 M I C H Fall 1962 p.447
1961 · 1 edition W8AQA
Robert B.cooper.132 Guild N.e .grand Rapids 5 Mich Spring 1961 p.445
1959 · 1 edition W8AQA
Robert B.cooper 132 Guild St. N.e., Grand Rapids 5, MI Spring 1959 p.384
1958 · 1 edition W8AQA
R Obert B .c O O P E R 132 Guild St. N .e ., G Rand Rapids 5, M Ich. Summer 1958 p.374
1953 → 1957 · 6 editions W8AQA
Robert B Cooper 132 Guild St. N.e., Grand Rapids 5, MI Fall 1953 p.248, Spring 1954 p.256, Fall 1954 p.256, Fall 1955 p.306, Spring 1956 p.300, Fall 1957 p.365
1952 · 1 edition W8AQA
R Obert B. C Oop Er 132 Guild St., Nje., Grand R Apids, MI Fall 1952 p.239
1951 · 1 edition W8AQA
Robert B. C O O P E R 132 Guild St., N.e., Grand Rapids, MI Spring 1951 p.214
1948 → 1950 · 3 editions W8AQA
Robert B. Cooper 132 Guild St., N.e., Grand Rapids, MI Fall 1948 p.183, Summer 1949 p.174, Summer 1950 p.181
1946 · 1 edition W8AQA
G. M. Franzen 1517 Bulfalo Rd., Erie, PA Summer 1946 p.141
1941 · 1 edition W8AQA
G. M. Franzen 1517 Buffalo Rd., Erie, PA Winter 1941 p.149
1940 · 1 edition W8AQA
Gaylord M. Franzen 154 E, 24 St., Erie, PA Spring 1940 p.136
1936 → 1938 · 2 editions W8AQA
G. M. Franzen 401 Falconer, Jamestown, NY Spring 1936 p.244, Spring 1938 p.116
1932 → 1935 · 3 editions W8AQA
Gaylnrd 11. Franzen 401 Falconer St., W8atm~~', 0 ·n. Fall 1932 p.115, Fall 1934 p.119, Spring 1935 p.139
None · 1 edition W8AQA · class A
Robert B Cooper 132 Guild St Ne, Grand Rapids, MI 49505 None p.473