🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 9, 2026) · next update today 7:15 am CDT
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)
WA4WCL HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 16, 1999.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 16, 1999
Previous holder: JOHN B LAWING
Held WA4WCL Sep 15, 1987 → Sep 15, 1997
· first licensed Sep 15, 1987 as WA4WCL
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WA4WCL, 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 WA4WCL
· General · issued Sep 15, 1987, expires Sep 15, 1997
JOHN B LAWING
RT 2 BOX 614, TRINITY, NC 27370
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as WA4WCL
JOHN B LAWING
RT 2 BOX 614, TRINITY, NC 27370
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.
1997 · 1 edition WA4WCL · class G
John B Lawing Rt 1 Box 614, Trinity, NC 27370 1997 p.896
1996 · 1 edition WA4WCL · class G
John B Lawing Rt 2 Box 614, Trinity, NC 27370 1996 p.867
1995 · 1 edition WA4WCL · class G
John B Lawing Rt 1 Box 614, Trinity, NC 17370 1995 p.865
1993 · 1 edition WA4WCL · class G
John B Lawing Rt 1 Box &14, Trinity, NC 17370 1993 p.743
1992 · 1 edition WA4WCL · class G
John B Lawing Rt 1 Box 614, Trinity, NC 17370 1992 p.684
1987 · 1 edition WA4WCL · class G
John B Lawing Rt• 2 Box 341-J, Trinity, NC 27370 Winter 1987 p.591
1984 → 1986 · 3 editions WA4WCL · class G
John B Lawing Rte 2 Box 341-J, Trinity, NC 27370 Winter 1984 p.580, Winter 1985 p.582, Winter 1986 p.582
1981 → 1983 · 3 editions WA4WCL · class G
John B Lawing 202 White St, Thomasville 1981 p.458, Winter 1982 p.544, Winter 1983 p.556
1977 → 1980 · 3 editions WA4WCL · class T
John B Lawing 202 White, Thomaswlle 27360 Nc Winter 1977 p.337, Winter 1979 p.495, Winter 1980 p.522
1966 → 1971 · 5 editions WA4WCL · class T
Shirley M. Ward Rfd 6-Box 539-F, Gre'ensboro N C Spring 1966 p.278, Summer 1969 p.300, Spring 1970 p.306, Winter 1971 p.304, Fall 1971 p.306
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA4WCL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA4WCL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.