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WA1MES HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WA1MES was last held in the 1990s (license expired Nov 25, 1996), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
WA1MES in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 Sep 9, 1993 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs WA1MES
· Advanced · issued Nov 25, 1986, expires Nov 25, 1996
JAMES C ROBERTSON
115 PALISADES DR, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93109
WA1MES 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.
1994 · 1 edition WA1MES · class A
James C Robertson 115 Palisades Dr, Santa Barbara, CA 93109 1994 p.195
1993 · 1 edition WA1MES · class G
Harlan S Needham 4>9 North Orchara S~ El Dorado Ks B7042, MN 55405 1993 p.74
1989 → 1990 · 2 editions WA1MES · class A
James C Robertson 115 Palisades Or, Santa Barbara, CA 93109 Winter 1989 p.159, Winter 1990 p.159
1987 · 1 edition WA1MES · class A
James C Robertson Jj Pegan Ln, Dom, MA 01030 Winter 1987 p.159
1983 · 1 edition WA1MES · class A
Lance Q Johnson 592 Chestnut Hill Rd, Glastonbury Ct, MA 02030 Winter 1983 p.156
1981 · 1 edition WA1MES · class A
James C Robertson 13 Pegan Ln, Dover 1981 p.80
1979 · 1 edition WA1MES · class C
Harlan S. Needham 439 N. Orchard, B Dorado, KS 67042 Winter 1979 p.54
1976 → 1978 · 2 editions WA1MES · class A
James C Robertson 13 Pegan Ln, Dover 02030 Ma Winter 1976 p.79, Winter 1978 p.123
1971 → 1975 · 5 editions WA1MES · class A
James C Robertson Pegan Ln, Dover Winter 1971 p.81, Fall 1971 p.82, Winter 1972 p.81, 1974 p.57, Winter 1975 p.79
None · 1 edition WA1MES · class A
James C Robertson 13 Pegan Ln, Dover None p.84