N9TPB FCC License Search
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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)

WA4DES HAM

✅ Never issued — WA4DES isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Nov 26, 2019 as choice 2: not granted, that applicant got W4DES instead.
The FCC has no record of WA4DES ever being issued.
WA4DES 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.

Others Requesting WA4DES

1 application listed WA4DES as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #WA4DESResult
Nov 26, 2019 Dec 14, 2019 KO4AET · Donald E Smith Sr · Fort Pierce, FL 2Not granted They got W4DES (choice 1)