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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)
WA7TAO HAM
✅ Never issued — WA7TAO 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 Jul 25, 2016 as choice 2:
not granted, that applicant got W6TAO instead.
The FCC has no record of WA7TAO ever being issued.
WA7TAO 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.
1991 · 1 edition WA7TAO · class G
Thomas N Kelsh Jr 40-09 Quail Ridge Dr, Plainsboro, NJ 08536 Winter 1991 p.1156
1985 · 1 edition WA7TAO · class G
Thomas N Kelsh Jr 4218 Ne 140th Ave, Vancouver, WA 98661 Winter 1985 p.985
1979 · 1 edition WA7TAO · class A
Robert A Dmstan 13775 Sw 24th, Beaverton, OR 97005 Winter 1979 p.305
Others Requesting WA7TAO
1 application listed WA7TAO as a choice, newest first.