N9TPB FCC License Search
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W8LI HAM

Amateur Extra class licensed since 2014 (12 yrs) W8LI since 2018 · previously WB8OR, N8JJM, KD8ZCO Alpena, MI Grid EN84fw LoTW user 14 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Apr 17, 2028. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Apr 18, 2030.

📬 QSL: LoTW user · last upload Aug 4, 2026 as previous call N8JJM · none yet as W8LI · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

📝 W8LI has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Mar 28, 2018 · what was requested

Currently held by JAMES J MILLER SR · 2 holders on record

Current holder: JAMES J MILLER SR

Held W8LI Apr 17, 2018 → present · first licensed Jul 8, 2014 as KD8ZCO · 4 licenses · FRN 0023784051

Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Previous holder: LOUIS S MACKNIK

Held W8LI Jul 15, 1986 → Mar 27, 2016 · first licensed Jul 15, 1986 as W8LI · 1 license · FRN 0003556370
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as W8LI, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
W8LI 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.

Vanity Applications Filed by W8LI

Calls this licensee has asked the FCC for, newest first, in their order of preference. The FCC processes applications 18 days after filing; "likely award" is our estimate from every pending application in filing order.

Filed · AwardApplicantRequested (in order)Status
Filed Mar 28, 2018
Granted Apr 17, 2018
0008152363
 WB8OR · JAMES J MILLER SR · Amateur Extra
9501 INDIAN RESERVE RD, ALPENA, MI 49707
44.9391, -83.5465 (street) · Grid EN84fw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.W8LI ✓ Granted
 Granted
got W8LI
Filed Mar 5, 2018
Award date was Mar 23, 2018
0008120354
 WB8OR · JAMES J MILLER SR · Amateur Extra
9501 INDIAN RESERVE RD, ALPENA, MI 49707
44.9391, -83.5465 (street) · Grid EN84fw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.W3PE Held by Anthony Baran until Mar 23, 2028
 Dismissed
Filed Mar 5, 2018
Award date was Mar 23, 2018
0008121984
 WB8OR · JAMES J MILLER SR · Amateur Extra
9501 INDIAN RESERVE RD, ALPENA, MI 49707
44.9391, -83.5465 (street) · Grid EN84fw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.W3PE Held by Anthony Baran until Mar 23, 2028
 Dismissed
Filed Feb 13, 2018
Award date was Mar 3, 2018
0008097911
 WB8OR · JAMES J MILLER SR · Amateur Extra
9501 INDIAN RESERVE RD, ALPENA, MI 49707
44.9391, -83.5465 (street) · Grid EN84fw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.W8EZ Held by George D Riley Jr until Mar 3, 2028
 Dismissed
Filed Nov 28, 2017
Award date was Dec 16, 2017
0008010246
 WB8OR · JAMES J MILLER SR · Amateur Extra
9501 INDIAN RESERVE RD, ALPENA, MI 49707
44.9391, -83.5465 (street) · Grid EN84fw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.WB8P Held by WILLIAM F VICTOR until Dec 19, 2027
 Dismissed
Filed Oct 30, 2017
Award date was Nov 17, 2017
0007976618
 WB8OR · JAMES J MILLER SR · Amateur Extra
9501 INDIAN RESERVE RD, ALPENA, MI 49707
44.9391, -83.5465 (street) · Grid EN84fw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.W1TL Held by CURTIS H PAYNE until Nov 17, 2027
 Dismissed
Filed Sep 1, 2017
Granted Sep 19, 2017
0007913882
 N8JJM · JAMES J MILLER SR · Amateur Extra
9501 INDIAN RESERVE RD, ALPENA, MI 49707
44.9391, -83.5465 (street) · Grid EN84fw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.KL8N Available
2.WB8OR ✓ Granted
 Granted
got WB8OR
Filed Aug 29, 2017
Award date was Sep 16, 2017
0007908936
 N8JJM · JAMES J MILLER SR · Amateur Extra
9501 INDIAN RESERVE RD, ALPENA, MI 49707
44.9391, -83.5465 (street) · Grid EN84fw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.W1PY Held by Matthew S Wilhelm until Sep 1, 2027
 Dismissed
Filed Mar 27, 2017
Award date was Apr 14, 2017
0007713247
 KD8ZCO · JAMES J MILLER SR · General
9501 INDIAN RESERVE RD, ALPENA, MI 49707
44.9391, -83.5465 (street) · Grid EN84fw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.N8JJM Held by Joshua J Mol until Sep 8, 2031
 Granted
Filed Mar 27, 2017
Award date was Apr 14, 2017
0007713250
 KD8ZCO · JAMES J MILLER SR · General
9501 INDIAN RESERVE RD, ALPENA, MI 49707
44.9391, -83.5465 (street) · Grid EN84fw · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.N8JJM Held by Joshua J Mol until Sep 8, 2031
 Dismissed

Others Requesting W8LI

11 applications listed W8LI as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W8LIResult
Apr 16, 2018 May 4, 2018 KE8HEA · Jeffrey D Royer · Wadsworth, OH 1Dismissed Application dismissed
Apr 9, 2018 Apr 27, 2018 N1PPJ · Peters P Jones · Concord, NH 20Dismissed Application dismissed
Mar 30, 2018 Apr 17, 2018 WD8JLI · JEFF J BELL · CARROLL, OH 1Dismissed Application dismissed
Mar 28, 2018 Apr 15, 2018 N1PPJ · Peters P Jones · Concord, NH 17Not granted They got AC3PJ (choice 1)
Mar 28, 2018 Apr 15, 2018 KE8HNF · David L Wilkinson III · Fredericktown, OH 1Dismissed Application dismissed
Mar 28, 2018 Apr 15, 2018 KG5YMO · Lauria L Boone · Houston, TX 2Dismissed Application dismissed
Mar 28, 2018 Apr 15, 2018 KA8R · Drew A Gariepy · Redford, MI 1Dismissed Application dismissed
Mar 28, 2018 Apr 15, 2018 WA8WZG · THOMAS E WHITTED · Casa Grande, AZ 1Dismissed Application dismissed
Mar 28, 2018 Apr 15, 2018 K8AAV · ROD A EHRHART · Garrettsville, OH 1Dismissed Application dismissed
Mar 28, 2018 Apr 15, 2018 WB8OR · JAMES J MILLER SR · ALPENA, MI 1Granted Granted this call
Mar 28, 2018 Apr 15, 2018 K8ZOO · PHILIP S GROCKI · TROY, MI 1Dismissed Application dismissed

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8LI in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8LI beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 Miles

14 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, most active first · sort: closest · most active · map these & export for a radio →

● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · ● unknown · ◉ this license · ring = 50 miles · click a dot for the repeater's page
● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · no dot = unknown (hover a dot for the evidence)
MilesCallNameOutputOffsetToneModeNetworksActivityLocation
9.8 KD8AFY alpena Near Co
KD8AFY EchoLink
 446.0250 simplex TONE 123.0 FM (analog) EchoLink 203422 — alpena, MI
10.1 N8BIT Offline Alpena
N8BIT
 442.4750 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Alpena, MI
12.0 K8PA Alpena Manning
K8PA EchoLink
 146.7600 -0.6 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) EchoLink 571911 — Alpena, MI
16.1 WB8ZIR Barton City
WB8ZIR
 145.4900 -0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Barton City, MI
18.8 W8JJR Lincoln Lost Lk
W8JJR Mi5
 442.0125 +5 CC1 DMR Mi5 — Lincoln, MI
23.1 W8SZ Harrisville
W8SZ
 147.0400 +0.6 TSQL 123.0 FM (analog) — Harrisville, MI
31.9 N9KOP Mio
N9KOP AllStar
 146.7000 -0.6 TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) AllStar 55672 EchoLink 780166 — Mio, MI
31.9 W8CMN Mio
W8CMN Mi5
 444.7000 +5 CC1 DMR Mi5 — Mio, MI
34.8 N9KOP Mio
N9KOP BM
 145.3500 -0.6 none FM (analog) (DMR,FM) BrandMeister TGIF — Mio, MI
34.8 K8DDX Mio
K8DDX
 444.9750 +5 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Mio, MI
35.9 WB8TQZ Rogers City
WB8TQZ
 147.0200 +0.6 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Rogers City, MI
36.8 AD8DP Lewiston
AD8DP WIRES-X
 146.8000 -0.6 Fusion (C4FM) WIRES-X 43148 — Lewiston, MI
42.3 N8RSH Lupton
N8RSH
 147.0800 +0.6 none FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Lupton, MI
43.7 W8DMI Rose City
W8DMI
 145.1100 -0.6 TSQL 131.8 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Rose City, MI