N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update today 6:00 am CDT

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W8KCH HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 8, 2008.

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 · 1 holder on record · available since Jan 8, 2008

Previous holder: Ryuji Kanoh

Held W8KCH Jun 18, 2005 → Jan 7, 2006 · first licensed May 27, 2005 as KD8BQB · 3 licenses · FRN 0013406129

📦 Moved: Bellevue, WA → Mercer Island, WA

NY8A Active Amateur Extra · vanity Jan 7, 2006 → expires Jan 7, 2036

Licensee
Ryuji Kanoh

Address
PO Box 746
Mercer Island, WA 98040
47.5640, -122.2312 (ZIP center) · Grid CN87vn · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0013406129

Previous call
W8KCH (General)

Last granted
Jan 6, 2026

Effective
Jan 6, 2026

Last action
Jan 6, 2026
FCC actions (5)
- Jan 6, 2026 — License renewed LIREN
- Oct 21, 2015 — License renewed LIREN
- Aug 8, 2008 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jan 7, 2006 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jan 7, 2006 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: Troy, OH → Bellevue, WA

W8KCH Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Jun 18, 2005 → Jan 7, 2006 (canceled)

Licensee
Ryuji Kanoh

Address
6429 129th Av , SE
Bellevue, WA 98006
47.5530, -122.1518 (ZIP center) · Grid CN87wn · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0013406129

Previous call
KD8BQB (General)

Last granted
Jun 18, 2005

Effective
Oct 21, 2005

Last action
Jan 7, 2006
FCC actions (6)
- Jan 7, 2006 — License canceled LICAN
- Oct 21, 2005 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Sep 28, 2005 — License modified LIMOD
- Aug 8, 2005 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jun 18, 2005 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jun 18, 2005 — License issued LIISS
KD8BQB Canceled General May 27, 2005 → Jun 18, 2005 (canceled)

Licensee
Ryuji Kanoh

Address
695 S Dorset Rd
Troy, OH 45373
40.0330, -84.1956 (ZIP center) · Grid EN70va · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0013406129

Last granted
May 27, 2005

Effective
Jun 1, 2005

Last action
Jun 18, 2005
FCC actions (5)
- Jun 18, 2005 — License canceled LICAN
- Jun 1, 2005 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jun 1, 2005 — Administrative update LIAUA
- May 27, 2005 — License issued LIISS
- May 27, 2005 — 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 May 27, 2010 → Oct 4, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as NY8A
Ryuji Kanoh
PO Box 746
Mercer Island, WA 98040
47.5640, -122.2312 (ZIP center) · Grid CN87vn · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 4, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as W8KCH
Ryuji Kanoh
6429 129th Av , SE, Bellevue, WA 98006
47.5530, -122.1518 (ZIP center) · Grid CN87wn · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 4, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as KD8BQB
Ryuji Kanoh
695 S Dorset Rd, Troy, OH 45373
40.0330, -84.1956 (ZIP center) · Grid EN70va · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W8KCH

1 application listed W8KCH as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
May 31, 2005	Jun 18, 2005	KD8BQB · Ryuji Kanoh · Troy, OH	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8KCH in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8KCH beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.