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W8FRF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 17, 2009.
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 May 17, 2009
Previous holder: CHARLES G STING
Held W8FRF Sep 29, 1987 → May 16, 2007
· first licensed Sep 29, 1987 as W8FRF
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1953 as W8FRF, before the FCC's online records
W8FRFExpiredAdvancedSep 29, 1987 → May 16, 2007 (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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs W8FRF
· Advanced · issued May 16, 1997, expires May 16, 2007
CHARLES G. STING
2107 S CO ROAD 17, TIFFIN, OH 44883
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs W8FRF
· Advanced · issued Sep 29, 1987, expires Sep 29, 1997
CHARLES G STING
2107 S CO ROAD 17, TIFFIN, OH 44883
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 W8FRF
CHARLES G STING
2107 S CO ROAD 17, TIFFIN, OH 44883
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 W8FRF · class A
Charles G Sting 2107 S Co Road 17, Tiffin, OH 44883 1994 p.1458
1992 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
Charles G Sting 1107 S Co Road 17, Tiffin, OH 44883 1992 p.1266
1991 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
William L King 294 25th Avenue Sw, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 Winter 1991 p.40
1988 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
Charles G Sting 2107 S Co Road 17, Tittin, OH 44883 Winter 1988 p.1088
1987 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
Cllarlos G Sting 1107 S Co Road 17, Tiffin, OH 44883 Winter 1987 p.1054
1986 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
William L King 294 25th Ave Sw, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404 Winter 1986 p.33
1983 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
Charles G Sting Jr 2107 S Co Road-#17, Tiffin, OH 44883 Winter 1983 p.994
1981 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
Charles G Sting Dr 2107 S Co Road- #17, Tiffin, OH 44883 Winter 1981 p.928
1979 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
Charles G Sting Jr 2107 S Co Road-#17, Tiffin, OH 44883 Winter 1979 p.355
1977 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
Charles G Sting Jr Rfd 4-Box 58-A, Tiffin 44883 Oh Winter 1977 p.571
1976 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
Charles G Sting J R Rfd 4-Box 58-A, Tiffin 44883 Oh Winter 1976 p.523
1975 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
Charles G Sting Jr Rfd 4-Box 58-A, Tiffin 44883 Oh Winter 1975 p.514
1974 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
Charles G Sung Jr Rfd 4-Box 58-A, Tiffin 44883 Oh Winter 1974 p.518
1970 → 1974 · 6 editions W8FRF · class A
Charles G Sting Jr Rfd 4-Box 58-A, Tiffi N Oh Spring 1970 p.517, Winter 1971 p.513, Fall 1971 p.514, Winter 1972 p.519, Winter 1973 p.519, 1974 p.488
1969 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
C H A R L E S G S T I N G J R Rfd 4 - B O X 5 8 - A, T I F F I N Summer 1969 p.505
1968 · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
Charles G S Jr Rfd 4-80x 58-A, Tiffin Oh Spring 1968 p.513
1961 → 1966 · 5 editions W8FRF
Charles G. Sting Jr 135 Clinton Av, Ltffin Ohio Spring 1961 p.455, Fall 1961 p.475, Fall 1962 p.464, Summer 1963 p.483, Spring 1966 p.463
1960 · 1 edition W8FRF
Charles G. Sting Jr1 Us Clinton Av Tiffin Ohio Winter 1960 p.454
1959 · 1 edition W8FRF
Charles G. Sting Jr. 136 West Market Street, Tiffin, OH Spring 1959 p.394
1958 · 1 edition W8FRF
C Harles G. Sting J R. 136 West Market Street, Tiffin, OH Summer 1958 p.385
1956 → 1957 · 2 editions W8FRF
Charles G. Sting Jr. 136 West Market Street, Tiffin, OH Spring 1956 p.307, Fall 1957 p.377
1955 · 1 edition W8FRF
Andrew E. Johnson 52 East Willis, Detroit 1, MI Fall 1955 p.312
1953 → 1954 · 3 editions W8FRF
Charles G. Sting Jr. 136 W. Market St., Tiffin, OH Fall 1953 p.254, Spring 1954 p.261, Fall 1954 p.261
1951 → 1952 · 2 editions W8FRF
Charles G. Sting J R . 136 W . Market St., Tiffin, OH Spring 1951 p.221, Fall 1952 p.245
1938 → 1940 · 3 editions W8FRF
H. J. Fausnaugh 1022 N. Main, Three Rivers Winter 1938 p.131, Spring 1938 p.123, Spring 1940 p.141
1932 → 1936 · 4 editions W8FRF
Harold J. Fausnaugh 108 S. Hooker Ave., W8·fwc-Haynes B. Percival, 154 Cleveland St Fall 1932 p.128, Fall 1934 p.132, Spring 1935 p.152, Spring 1936 p.253
None · 1 edition W8FRF · class A
Charles G Sting Jr 2107 S Co Road- #17, Tiffin Kas8fub N Alma K Colton, Rfd 1-Box 242-A23, Parkersburg, WV 26101 None p.915
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
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