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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)
WA3VGO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 17, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 17, 2010
Previous holder: RALPH E JENKINS
Held WA3VGO Apr 12, 1988 → Jan 16, 2008
· first licensed Apr 12, 1988 as WA3VGO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1974 as WA3VGO, before the FCC's online records
WA3VGOExpiredTechnician PlusApr 12, 1988 → Jan 16, 2008 (expired)
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 WA3VGO
· Technician Plus · issued Jan 16, 1998, expires Jan 16, 2008
RALPH E. JENKINS
505 N 12TH ST, READING, PA 19604
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 4, 1997 · 6 discs WA3VGO
· Technician Plus · issued Apr 12, 1988, expires Apr 12, 1998
RALPH E JENKINS
505 N 12TH ST, READING, PA 19604
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA3VGO
· Technician · issued Apr 12, 1988, expires Apr 12, 1998
RALPH E JENKINS
505 N 12TH ST, READING, PA 19604
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 WA3VGO
RALPH E JENKINS
505 N 12TH ST, READING, PA 19604
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.
1996 · 1 edition WA3VGO · class E
Robert L Culbertson Rd 2 Box 241, Seneca, PA 16346 1996 p.543
1986 → 1995 · 2 editions WA3VGO · class T
Ralph E Jenkins 551 N Front St, Reading Pa 1%01 Winter 1986 p.382, 1995 p.548
1983 · 1 edition WA3VGO · class G
Stanley F Jankowski Rfo 4-Box 101-A, Tunkhannock, PA 18657 Winter 1983 p.372
None → 1982 · 9 editions WA3VGO · class T
Ralph E Jenkins 551 N Front St, Reading None p.193, 1974 p.193, Winter 1975 p.212, Winter 1976 p.213, Winter 1978 p.316, Winter 1979 p.338, Winter 1980 p.350, 1981 p.285, Winter 1982 p.362
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA3VGO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA3VGO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.