N9TPB FCC License Search
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W8VLW HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 3, 2017.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jul 14, 2005 as choice 1: granted.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 2 holders on record · available since Aug 3, 2017

Previous holder: Susan C Leighty

Held W8VLW Aug 2, 2005 → Aug 2, 2015 · first licensed Oct 17, 2002 as KD5UCT · 2 licenses · FRN 0007814270

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.

Previous holder: CARL J BALK

Held W8VLW Aug 10, 1993 → Jul 10, 1996 · first licensed Aug 10, 1993 as W8VLW · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1941 as W8VLW, 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.
W8VLW 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.

Others Requesting W8VLW

3 applications listed W8VLW as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W8VLWResult
Jul 14, 2005 Aug 1, 2005 KD5UCT · Susan C Leighty · Austin, TX 1Granted Granted this call
Jan 4, 2005 Jan 22, 2005 KD5UCT · Susan C Leighty · Austin, TX 1Dismissed Application dismissed
Oct 23, 2003 Nov 10, 2003 KD5UCT · Susan C Leighty · Austin, TX 1Dismissed Application dismissed

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8VLW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8VLW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.