🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 13, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 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)
WA8DHA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 9, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 9, 2010
Previous holder: RICHARD O SMITH
Held WA8DHA Mar 15, 1988 → Jan 8, 2008
· first licensed Mar 15, 1988 as WA8DHA
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1967 as WA8DHA, before the FCC's online records
WA8DHAExpiredGeneralMar 15, 1988 → Jan 8, 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 WA8DHA
· General · issued Jan 8, 1998, expires Jan 8, 2008
RICHARD O. SMITH
558 CHIPPEWA DR, DEFIANCE, OH 43512
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WA8DHA
· General · issued Mar 15, 1988, expires Mar 15, 1998
RICHARD O SMITH
558 CHIPPEWA DR, DEFIANCE, OH 43512
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as WA8DHA
RICHARD O SMITH
558 CHIPPEWA DR, DEFIANCE, OH 43512
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 WA8DHA · class G
Richard 0 Smltn 55b Chippewa Or, Deflance, OH 43511 1997 p.1691
1996 · 1 edition WA8DHA · class G
Richard 0 Smitll 558 Chippewa Dr, Defiance Oh 1996 p.1624
1995 · 1 edition WA8DHA · class G
Richard 0 Smith S58 Chippewa Dr, Defiance, OH 43512 1995 p.1576
1994 · 1 edition WA8DHA · class G
Richard 0 Smith 558 Chippewa Dr, Defiance, OH 43512 1994 p.1444
1992 · 1 edition WA8DHA · class G
Richard 0 Smith 5s8 Chippewa Dr, Defiance Oh, 43sl1 Kabdi~ N Jerome S Acks, 1lll Birchwood Dr, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 1992 p.1252
1989 → 1990 · 2 editions WA8DHA · class G
Richard 0 Smith 558 Chippewa Dr, Defiance, OH 43512 Winter 1989 p.1091, Winter 1990 p.1107
1986 · 1 edition WA8DHA · class G
Richard 0 Smith 558 Chifiwa Or, Defiance . Winter 1986 p.1023
1983 · 1 edition WA8DHA
James J Land 509 10th St Sw, Cullman, AL 35055 Winter 1983 p.395
1980 → 1982 · 2 editions WA8DHA · class G
Richard 0 Smith Rfd 7, Defiance, OH 43512 Winter 1980 p.908, Winter 1982 p.951
1979 · 1 edition WA8DHA · class G
Richard 0 Smiiii Rfo 7, Deliance, OH 43512 Winter 1979 p.346
1971 → 1976 · 5 editions WA8DHA · class G
Richard 0 Smith Rfd 7, Defiance Winter 1971 p.506, Fall 1971 p.506, Winter 1973 p.512, 1974 p.481, Winter 1976 p.517
1966 → 1967 · 2 editions WA8DHA · class G
Richard O. Smith 1726 E.hopkins St, Oefiance Spring 1966 p.457, Fall 1967 p.495
1964 · 1 edition WA8DHA
R I C H A R D O. S M I T H 1726 E . H O P K I N S S T, D E F I A N C E Ohio Fall 1964 p.444
1963 · 1 edition WA8DHA
Richard O. Smith 1726 E.hopkins St, Defiance Ohio Summer 1963 p.475
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA8DHA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA8DHA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.