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W8RUL HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 24, 2007.
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 Aug 24, 2007
Previous holder: DAVID W ROLSTON
Held W8RUL Nov 26, 1985 → Aug 23, 2005
· first licensed Nov 26, 1985 as W8RUL
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1955 as W8RUL, before the FCC's online records
W8RULExpiredGeneralNov 26, 1985 → Aug 23, 2005 (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 Oct 26, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 15 discs W8RUL
· General · issued Aug 23, 1995, expires Aug 23, 2005
DAVID W. ROLSTON
5427 E WALTON RD, SHEPHERD, MI 48883
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 12, 1995 · 4 discs W8RUL
· General · issued Nov 26, 1985, expires Nov 26, 1995
DAVID W ROLSTON
5427 E WALTON RD, SHEPHERD, MI 48883
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 W8RUL
DAVID W ROLSTON
5427 E WALTON RD, SHEPHERD, MI 48883
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 W8RUL · class G
David W Rolston 5427 E Walton Rd, Shepherd, MI 48883 1994 p.1531
1992 · 1 edition W8RUL
G ~::rdd ~a~~~iton 5427 E Walton Rd, She Herd Winter 1992 p.1336
1983 → 1988 · 4 editions W8RUL · class G
David W Rolston 5427 E Walton Rd, Shepherd Mi, OH 45440 Winter 1983 p.1050, Winter 1985 p.1093, Winter 1986 p.1091, Winter 1988 p.1140
1978 → 1981 · 3 editions W8RUL · class G
David W Rolston 506 E River Rd, Mt Pleasant | 48858 Winter 1978 p.838, Winter 1980 p.969, Winter 1981 p.979
1971 → 1977 · 5 editions W8RUL · class G
David W Rolston 711 N Harris, Mt Pleasant 48858 Mi Winter 1971 p.545, Fall 1971 p.545, Winter 1972 p.553, Winter 1973 p.553, Winter 1977 p.599
1969 · 1 edition W8RUL · class G
David W. R O L S T O N 1 0 1 1 S . M A I N, Mt P L E A S A N T Summer 1969 p.531
1965 → 1966 · 2 editions W8RUL
David W. Rolston 1011 S. Main, Mt Pleasant Mich Summer 1965 p.488, Spring 1966 p.492
1964 · 1 edition W8RUL
D A V I D W. R O L S T O N 1103 R O B E R T S T . M T P L E A S A N T Mich K 8 R Z L S T E P H E N T. H O L D E N, 2 4 2 0 H E M P S T E A D . T O L E D O Ohio Fall 1964 p.477
1957 → 1963 · 7 editions W8RUL
David W. Rolston 1103 Robert St., Mount Pleasant, MI Fall 1957 p.392, Summer 1958 p.405, Spring 1959 p.419, Spring 1961 p.480, Fall 1961 p.500, Fall 1962 p.486, Summer 1963 p.508
1955 → 1956 · 2 editions W8RUL
David W. Rolston 1309 Belnap St., Mount Pleasant, MI Fall 1955 p.327, Spring 1956 p.323
1940 → 1941 · 3 editions W8RUL
Milton N. Vandall 215 Ford Av., Washington.pa. Spring 1940 p.159, Fall 1940 p.150, Winter 1941 p.171
None · 1 edition W8RUL · class G
David W Rolston 5427 E Walton Rd, Shepherd, MI 48883 None p.972
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8RUL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8RUL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.