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WA2VAQ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 5, 2012.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 5, 2012
Previous holder: RICHARD P WELLS JR
Held WA2VAQ Sep 4, 1990 → Sep 4, 2010
· first licensed Sep 4, 1990 as WA2VAQ
· 1 license · FRN 0004012589 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WA2VAQ, 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 Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 7, 1999 · 11 discs WA2VAQ
· Advanced · issued Sep 4, 1990, expires Sep 4, 2000
RICHARD P WELLS JR
73 JACKSONVILLE RD, PEQUANNOCK, NJ 07440
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 WA2VAQ
RICHARD P WELLS JR
6 East Hidden Valley Ct., Newton, NJ 07860
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 Oct 31, 2000 → Apr 17, 2003 · 6 discs WA2VAQ
· Advanced · issued Sep 13, 2000, expires Sep 4, 2010
RICHARD P. WELLS; JR
6 EAST HIDDEN VALLEY CT., NEWTON, NJ 07860
WA2VAQ 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.
1987 → 1990 · 3 editions WA2VAQ · class A
Richard P Welts Jr 120 Meadowbrook Rd, Livingston, NJ 07039 Winter 1987 p.292, Winter 1989 p.300, Winter 1990 p.301
1985 → 1986 · 2 editions WA2VAQ · class A
Richard P Wells Jr 11 Meadowbrook Rd, Livingston, NJ 07039 Winter 1985 p.297, Winter 1986 p.292
1982 → 1983 · 2 editions WA2VAQ · class A
Richard P Wells Jr 120 Meadowbrook Rd, Livingston, NJ 07039 Winter 1982 p.281, Winter 1983 p.289
1981 · 1 edition WA2VAQ · class A
Richard P Wells Ur 120 Meadowbrook Rd, Livingston 1981 p.206
1979 · 1 edition WA2VAQ · class G
Georges R Potter 5 Cayuga Rd, Scarsdale, NJ 07424 Winter 1979 p.260
1977 → 1978 · 2 editions WA2VAQ · class G
Richard P Wells Jr 120 Meadowbrook Re, Livingston, NJ 07039 Winter 1977 p.172, Winter 1978 p.245
1963 → 1964 · 2 editions WA2VAQ
Relious L. Walden 40 Rolling Ln Summer 1963 p.167, Fall 1964 p.156
None · 1 edition WA2VAQ · class A
Richard P Wells Jr 120 Meadowbrook Rd, Livingston None p.216
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA2VAQ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA2VAQ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.