N9TPB FCC License Search

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W8REF HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 20, 2009.

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 Nov 20, 2009

Previous holder: WILLIAM R NEMETH

Held W8REF Nov 19, 1997 → Nov 19, 2007 · first licensed Nov 19, 1997 as W8REF · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

W8REF Expired General Nov 19, 1997 → Nov 19, 2007 (expired)

Licensee
WILLIAM R NEMETH

Address
12161 BELLOTA PL
SAN DIEGO, CA 92128-2610
32.9970, -117.0730 (ZIP center) · Grid DM12lx · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

Last granted
Nov 19, 1997

Effective
Nov 19, 1997

Last action
Nov 20, 2009
FCC actions (1)
- Nov 20, 2009 — License expired LIEXP

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as W8REF
WILLIAM R NEMETH
12161 BELLOTA PL, SAN DIEGO, CA 92128-2610
32.9970, -117.0730 (ZIP center) · Grid DM12lx · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

Others requesting W8REF

2 applications listed W8REF as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Sep 17, 2025	Oct 5, 2025	KR4GUQ · DON BERDEEN · CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA	2	Granted
May 7, 2024	May 25, 2024	KQ4RWX · Robert E Farnam · Lillian, AL	2	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8REF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8REF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.