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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)
WA8GCE HAM
✅ Never issued — WA8GCE 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.
The FCC has no record of WA8GCE ever being issued.
WA8GCE 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.
1980 → 1983 · 3 editions WA8GCE · class A
Franklin E Spitler 9845 W Old Lincoln Way, Wooster, OH 44691 Winter 1980 p.922, Winter 1981 p.930, Winter 1983 p.996
1971 → 1979 · 8 editions WA8GCE · class A
Franklin E Spitler Rfd 5, Wooster Winter 1971 p.514, Fall 1971 p.515, Winter 1972 p.520, Winter 1974 p.519, Winter 1975 p.515, Winter 1976 p.524, Winter 1977 p.572, Winter 1979 p.356
1969 · 1 edition WA8GCE · class A
F R A N K L I N E . S P I T L E R R F D 5, Wooster Summer 1969 p.506
1963 → 1965 · 2 editions WA8GCE
Franklin Ee Spitler Rfd 5, Wooster Ohio Summer 1963 p.484, Summer 1965 p.461