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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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)
W8GYG HAM
✅ Never issued — W8GYG isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
The FCC has no record of W8GYG ever being issued.
W8GYG 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 · 1 edition W8GYG · class A
Norman K Shaw 1628 Russett, Dayton, OH 45410 Winter 1988 p.1093
1970 → 1971 · 3 editions W8GYG · class B
Mount St John Rc 4100 Patterson Rd, Oayton Oh Spring 1970 p.519, Winter 1971 p.517, Fall 1971 p.518
1969 · 1 edition W8GYG · class B
Mount S T John R C 41 Co P A T T E R S O N R D, D A Y T O N Summer 1969 p.508
1962 → 1965 · 3 editions W8GYG
Mount St John Radio Club 4100 Patterson Rd Fall 1962 p.466, Summer 1963 p.487, Summer 1965 p.463
1961 · 1 edition W8GYG
Mount St John Radio Club* 4100 Patterson Rd* Spring 1961 p.457
1958 → 1960 · 3 editions W8GYG
Mount Saint John Radio Club 4370 Patterson, Dayton 10, OH Summer 1958 p.388, Spring 1959 p.397, Winter 1960 p.456