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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)
W8KOB HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — W8KOB was last held in the 1990s (license expired Oct 12, 1994), 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
W8KOB 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 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs W8KOB
· General · issued Oct 12, 1984, expires Oct 12, 1994
JAMES H TOLAR
RT 5 BOX 289, MARYVILLE, TN 37801
W8KOB 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.
1994 · 1 edition W8KOB · class A
Charles G Stewart 2128 Garrick Ave, Warren, MI 48091 1994 p.1487
1991 · 1 edition W8KOB · class G
James H Tolar Rt 5 Box 189, Maryville, TN 37801 Winter 1991 p.1248
1988 · 1 edition W8KOB · class G
James H Tolar Rt 5 Box 289, Maryville, TN 37801 Winter 1988 p.1110
1987 · 1 edition W8KOB · class G
James Htolar Rt 5 Box 1b9, Maryville Winter 1987 p.1074
1986 · 1 edition W8KOB · class G
James H Tolar Rt S Box 2b9, Maryville Tn J7bo! Kdbkq A Joseph D Hershberger Kirk, Star Route Box 19-A Winter 1986 p.1058
1983 → 1985 · 2 editions W8KOB · class G
James H Tolar Rte 5 Old Whitesmill Rd, Maryville, TN 37801 Winter 1983 p.1015, Winter 1985 p.1059
1982 · 1 edition W8KOB · class G
James H Tolar ~ S Old Wh~mill Rd, Maryville Tn :11801 Winter 1982 p.985
1981 · 1 edition W8KOB · class G
James H Tolar Rte 5 Old Whitesmill Rd, Maryville, TN 37801 1981 p.879
1980 · 1 edition W8KOB · class G
James H Tolar 398 Shipherd Cir, Oberlin, OH 44074 Winter 1980 p.939
1979 · 1 edition W8KOB · class G
James H Tolar 398 Slipherd Cir, Oberlin, OH 44074 Winter 1979 p.371
1971 → 1978 · 6 editions W8KOB · class G
James H Tolar 398 Shipherd Cir, Oberlin Winter 1971 p.531, Winter 1972 p.535, Winter 1975 p.526, Winter 1976 p.535, Winter 1977 p.583, Winter 1978 p.811
1961 · 1 edition W8KOB
Eugene W. Klemm* 33 E. Parkwood Dr Fairborn Ohio Spring 1961 p.465
1956 → 1959 · 4 editions W8KOB
Donald F. Wilfert 4934 West 14th Street, Cleveland 9, OH Spring 1956 p.314, Fall 1957 p.383, Summer 1958 p.397, Spring 1959 p.406
1953 → 1955 · 4 editions W8KOB
Donald F. Wiliert 3724 West 41 St., Cleveland 9, OH Fall 1953 p.259, Spring 1954 p.267, Fall 1954 p.267, Fall 1955 p.318
1952 · 1 edition W8KOB
Donald F. W Ilfert 1808 Tarlton A Ve., Cleveland 9, OH Fall 1952 p.252
1941 · 1 edition W8KOB
D. D. Pidhayny 7252 Sheehan St., Detroit Winter 1941 p.163
1935 → 1936 · 2 editions W8KOB
Harold L. German 306 E. King Spring 1935 p.164, Spring 1936 p.261
1934 · 1 edition W8KOB
Harold L.german.rm3c Usnr Fall 1934 p.145
None · 1 edition W8KOB · class G
James H Tolar Rte 5 Old Whitesmill Rd, Maryville, TN 37801 None p.501