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Ask: HAMs within 5 miles of N9TPB · Extra class operators in Madison, WI · or try N9TPB · K9* wildcards · Smith, John · 0004797601 (FRN) · 53703 · Madison, WI · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)
W8WDA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 16, 2018.
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 Apr 16, 2018
Previous holder: Allan E Budden
Held W8WDA Jul 29, 1986 → Apr 15, 2016
· first licensed Jul 29, 1986 as W8WDA
· 1 license · FRN 0002744936 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1941 as W8WDA, 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 Apr 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs W8WDA
· Advanced · issued Apr 15, 1996, expires Apr 15, 2006
ALLAN E. BUDDEN
1105 HILLGATE WAY, LANSING, MI 48912
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs W8WDA
· Advanced · issued Jul 29, 1986, expires Jul 29, 1996
ALLAN E BUDDEN
1105 HILLGATE WAY, LANSING, MI 48912
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 25, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as W8WDA
ALLAN E BUDDEN
1105 HILLGATE WAY, LANSING, MI 48912
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.
1973 → 1996 · 11 editions W8WDA · class A
Allan E Budden 1105 Hillgate Way, Lansing 48912 Mi Winter 1973 p.561, 1974 p.530, Winter 1975 p.556, Winter 1976 p.566, Winter 1978 p.851, Winter 1980 p.982, 1981 p.920, Winter 1982 p.1028, Winter 1983 p.1063, 1994 p.1554, 1996 p.1745
1962 → 1969 · 3 editions W8WDA · class A
Allan E. Budden 1916 Gordon Av, Lansing 10 Mich Fall 1962 p.494, Summer 1963 p.516, Summer 1969 p.541
1961 · 1 edition W8WDA
Allan E. Budden* 1916 Gordon Av* Lansing 15 Mich Spring 1961 p.491
1957 → 1960 · 4 editions W8WDA
Allan E. Budden 1916 Gordon Avenue, Lansing 15, MI Fall 1957 p.397, Summer 1958 p.410, Spring 1959 p.424, Winter 1960 p.491
1956 · 1 edition W8WDA
Allan E 3udden, 1916 Gordon Avenue, Lansing 17, MI Spring 1956 p.329
1954 → 1955 · 2 editions W8WDA
Allan E. Budden 1916 Gordon Avenue, Lansing 17, MI Fall 1954 p.281, Fall 1955 p.334
1952 → 1954 · 3 editions W8WDA
Allan E. Budden 552 Isbell Street, Lansing, M Ich. Fall 1952 p.259, Fall 1953 p.269, Spring 1954 p.278
1948 → 1951 · 3 editions W8WDA
Allan E. Budden 552 Isbell, Lansing, MI Fall 1948 p.197, Summer 1949 p.189, Spring 1951 p.230
1941 · 1 edition W8WDA
Allan E. Budden 316 Hill St., Lansing, L\iich. Ohio. Winter 1941 p.180
None · 1 edition W8WDA · class A
Allan E Budden 1105 Hillgate Way, Lansing None p.984
None · 1 edition W8WDA · class A
Allan E Budden 1105 Wt Viway, Lansing None p.530
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8WDA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8WDA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.