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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)
WA2NFW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 6, 2008.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 6, 2008
Previous holder: WILLIAM A HAMEISTER
Held WA2NFW Jul 8, 1986 → Apr 5, 2006
· first licensed Jul 8, 1986 as WA2NFW
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1961 as WA2NFW, 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 WA2NFW
· Advanced · issued Apr 5, 1996, expires Apr 5, 2006
WILLIAM A. HAMEISTER
46 BEACON HILLS DR N, PENFIELD, NY 14526
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs WA2NFW
· Advanced · issued Jul 8, 1986, expires Jul 8, 1996
WILLIAM A HAMEISTER
46 BEACON HILLS DR N, PENFIELD, NY 14526
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 WA2NFW
WILLIAM A HAMEISTER
46 BEACON HILLS DR N, PENFIELD, NY 14526
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.
1989 → 1997 · 3 editions WA2NFW · class A
William A Hameister 46 Beacon Hills Or N, Penfield, NY 14516 Winter 1989 p.269, 1995 p.377, 1997 p.363
1987 · 1 edition WA2NFW · class A
William A Hameist" 4o Beacon Hills Dr N, Penfield Ny 14s1o Winter 1987 p.257
1981 → 1986 · 5 editions WA2NFW · class G
William A Hameister 46 Beacon Hills Dr N, Penfield, NY 14526 1981 p.180, Winter 1982 p.254, Winter 1983 p.259, Winter 1984 p.264, Winter 1986 p.256
1974 → 1979 · 5 editions WA2NFW · class G
William A Hameister 22 Sattler Av, Buffalo _14211 ~y Winter 1974 p.143, Winter 1976 p.141, Winter 1977 p.153, Winter 1978 p.217, Winter 1979 p.231
1974 · 1 edition WA2NFW · class G
William A Hameister 22 Sattler Ay, Buffalo 14211 Ny 1974 p.119
1971 → 1973 · 4 editions WA2NFW · class G
William A Hameister 22 Sattler Av, Buffalo 14111 Ny Winter 1971 p.140, Fall 1971 p.141, Winter 1972 p.145, Winter 1973 p.145
1962 → 1970 · 6 editions WA2NFW · class G
William A. Hameister 358 Bristol St, Buffalo N Y Fall 1962 p.136, Summer 1963 p.145, Fall 1964 p.136, Summer 1965 p.134, Fall 1967 p.141, Spring 1970 p.148
None → 1961 · 2 editions WA2NFW · class G
William A Hameister 46 Beacon Hills Dr N, Penfield, NY 14526 None p.186, Fall 1961 p.142
None · 1 edition WA2NFW · class G
William A Hameister 22 Sattler Av, Buffalo None p.119
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA2NFW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA2NFW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.