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W8WCU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 1, 2009.
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 May 1, 2009
Previous holder: WALTER J TORUTA
Held W8WCU Aug 25, 1987 → Apr 30, 2007
· first licensed Aug 25, 1987 as W8WCU
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1948 as W8WCU, before the FCC's online records
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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs W8WCU
· Advanced · issued Apr 30, 1997, expires Apr 30, 2007
WALTER J. TORUTA
10120 BUNTON RD, WILLIS, MI 48191
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs W8WCU
· Advanced · issued Aug 25, 1987, expires Aug 25, 1997
WALTER J TORUTA
10120 BUNTON RD, WILLIS, MI 48191
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Nov 1, 2026 · 52 snapshots · as W8WCU
WALTER J TORUTA
10120 BUNTON RD, WILLIS, MI 48191
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.
1988 → 1994 · 2 editions W8WCU · class A
Walter J Toruta 10120 Bunton Rd, Willis Ml 48191 N Christine L Taylor, 7049 St Rd 8, Butler, IN 46721 Winter 1988 p.1157, 1994 p.1554
1987 · 1 edition W8WCU · class A
Walter J Toruta 10110 Bunton D, Willis, MI 48191 Winter 1987 p.1123
1979 → 1984 · 5 editions W8WCU · class A
Walter J Toruta 10120 Bunton Rd, Wi~s, MI 48191 Winter 1979 p.416, Winter 1980 p.981, 1981 p.920, Winter 1983 p.1063, Winter 1984 p.1107
1978 · 1 edition W8WCU · class A
Walter J Toruta 10120 Bunton Fd, Wills, MI 48191 Winter 1978 p.851
1975 → 1977 · 3 editions W8WCU · class A
Walter J Toruta 10120 Bunton Rd, Willis 4s1q1 Ml Winter 1975 p.556, Winter 1976 p.566, Winter 1977 p.612
1974 · 1 edition W8WCU · class A
Walter J Tonita 10120 Bunton Rd, Willis' 48191 Ml Winter 1974 p.560
1971 → 1974 · 4 editions W8WCU · class A
Walter J Toruta 10120 Bunton Rd, Willis Winter 1971 p.554, Fall 1971 p.555, Winter 1973 p.561, 1974 p.530
1970 · 1 edition W8WCU · class A
Walter J Toruta 1 10120 Bunton Ro Willis 48191 ~i Spring 1970 p.551
1969 · 1 edition W8WCU · class A
Walter J . T O R U T A 1 0 1 2 0 8 Untcn R D, W I L L I S Summer 1969 p.541
1961 · 1 edition W8WCU
Walter J. Toruta* 10120 Bunton Rd* Willis Spring 1961 p.491
1959 → 1960 · 2 editions W8WCU
Walter J. Toruta 10120 Bunton Rd., Willis, MI Spring 1959 p.424, Winter 1960 p.491
1954 → 1958 · 4 editions W8WCU
Walter J. Toruta 1587 Springfield St., Willow Run, MI Fall 1954 p.281, Fall 1955 p.334, Fall 1957 p.397, Summer 1958 p.410
1954 · 1 edition W8WCU
Walter J Toruta, 1587 Springfield St., Willow Run, MI Spring 1954 p.278
1952 → 1953 · 2 editions W8WCU
W Alter J. Toruta 1587 Springfield, Willow Rim. M Ich. Fall 1952 p.259, Fall 1953 p.269
1951 · 1 edition W8WCU
W A L T E R J . T O R U T A 1587 S P R I N G F I E L D, W I U O W Run, MI Spring 1951 p.230
1948 → 1950 · 3 editions W8WCU
Walter J. Toruta 1587 Springfield, Willow Run, MI Fall 1948 p.197, Summer 1949 p.189, Summer 1950 p.196
1946 · 1 edition W8WCU
W. J. Tonita 8100 Horatio. Detroit, MI Summer 1946 p.173
None · 1 edition W8WCU · class A
Walter J Toruta 10120 Bunton Rd, Willis None p.530
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8WCU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8WCU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.