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W8QEZ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 30, 2016.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Nov 30, 2016
Previous holder: DONALD E GROVES
Held W8QEZ Dec 21, 1984 → Nov 29, 2014
· first licensed Dec 21, 1984 as W8QEZ
· 1 license · FRN 0011804036 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1954 as W8QEZ, before the FCC's online records
W8QEZExpiredAmateur ExtraDec 21, 1984 → Nov 29, 2014 (expired)
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 May 12, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 16 discs W8QEZ
· Amateur Extra · issued Nov 29, 1994, expires Nov 29, 2004
DONALD E. GROVES
6710 MORSE RD, NEW ALBANY, OH 43054
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs W8QEZ
· Amateur Extra · issued Dec 21, 1984, expires Dec 21, 1994
DONALD E GROVES
6710 MORSE RD, NEW ALBANY, OH 43054
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 18, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as W8QEZ
DONALD E GROVES
6710 MORSE RD, NEW ALBANY, OH 43054
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.
1979 → 1994 · 5 editions W8QEZ · class E
Donald E. Groves 6710 Morse Rd, ~ew Lbany, OH 43054 Winter 1979 p.396, Winter 1980 p.963, 1981 p.901, Winter 1983 p.1045, 1994 p.1523
1967 → 1976 · 8 editions W8QEZ · class E
Donald E. Groves 6710 Morse Ro, New Albany Oh Fall 1967 p.526, Spring 1970 p.539, Winter 1971 p.542, Fall 1971 p.542, Winter 1973 p.550, 1974 p.519, Winter 1975 p.542, Winter 1976 p.548
1962 · 1 edition W8QEZ
Donald E". Groves 1835 Taylor Stn.rd Tblackl I Ck O H I O Fall 1962 p.483
1954 → 1959 · 6 editions W8QEZ
Donald E. Groves 835 Taylor Station Rd., Blacklick, OH Fall 1954 p.275, Fall 1955 p.325, Spring 1956 p.321, Fall 1957 p.390, Summer 1958 p.403, Spring 1959 p.417
1937 · 1 edition W8QEZ
Carl W. Loeber 5036 Lenox Av., Detroit, MI Fall 1937 p.147
None · 1 edition W8QEZ · class E
Donald E. Groves 6710 Morse Rd, New Albany, OH 43054 None p.519
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8QEZ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8QEZ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.