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W8MVU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — W8MVU was last held in the 1990s (license expired Feb 3, 1997), 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
W8MVU 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 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs W8MVU
· General · issued Feb 3, 1987, expires Feb 3, 1997
RUSSELL E SMITH
12501 KIRTON AVE, CLEVELAND, OH 44135
W8MVU 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.
1984 → 1995 · 2 editions W8MVU · class G
Russell E Smith 11501 Kirton Ave, Cleveland Oh 441js Winter 1984 p.1069, 1995 p.1634
1973 → 1981 · 6 editions W8MVU · class G
Russell E Smith 12501 Kirton Av, Cleveland 44135 Oh Winter 1973 p.542, 1974 p.508, Winter 1975 p.532, Winter 1976 p.541, Winter 1978 p.822, 1981 p.889
1971 → 1972 · 3 editions W8MVU · class G
Russell E.smith 11501 Kirton Av, Cleveland 44135 Oh Winter 1971 p.536, Fall 1971 p.536, Winter 1972 p.542
1969 · 1 edition W8MVU · class G
R U S S E L L E . S M I T H 1 2 5 0 1 K I R T O N A V, C L E V E L A N D 11 Ch Summer 1969 p.521
1966 · 1 edition W8MVU
Russell E.smith.12501 Kirton Av1clevelano 11 Ohio Spring 1966 p.479
1964 · 1 edition W8MVU
R U S S E L L E . S M I T H 1 2 5 0 1 K I R T O N A V, C L E V E L A N D 11 Ohio Fall 1964 p.468
1962 · 1 edition W8MVU
Russell E Smith, 12501 Kirton Av, Cleveland 11 Ohio Fall 1962 p.477
1961 · 1 edition W8MVU
Russell Eesmlthtl2501 Kirton Av Cl.evet.ano 11 Ohio Fall 1961 p.490
1960 · 1 edition W8MVU
Russell E Shjthtl2501 Kirton Av, .cleyeland 11 Ohio Winter 1960 p.469
1955 → 1959 · 2 editions W8MVU
Russell E. Smith 12501 Kirton Avenue, Cleveland, OH Fall 1955 p.321, Spring 1959 p.412
1951 → 1954 · 5 editions W8MVU
Russell E. Smith 10119 Detroit A V E ., Cleveland 2, OH Spring 1951 p.224, Fall 1952 p.254, Fall 1953 p.263, Spring 1954 p.270, Fall 1954 p.270
1950 · 1 edition W8MVU
Russell E Smith, 10119 Detroit Ave., Cleveland 2 Summer 1950 p.190
1947 → 1949 · 3 editions W8MVU
Russell Smith 10119 Detroit, Cleveland 2, O. Fall 1947 p.168, Fall 1948 p.191, Summer 1949 p.183
1938 → 1940 · 2 editions W8MVU
R. E. Smith 1489 Rockway Av., Lakewood Spring 1938 p.133, Spring 1940 p.150
None · 1 edition W8MVU · class G
Russell E Smith 12501 Kirton Ave, Cleveland None p.949