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WA8GJS HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 29, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Nov 29, 2007
Previous holder: RICHARD L BUNNELL
Held WA8GJS Feb 11, 1986 → Nov 28, 2005
· first licensed Feb 11, 1986 as WA8GJS
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1965 as WA8GJS, before the FCC's online records
WA8GJSExpiredAdvancedFeb 11, 1986 → Nov 28, 2005 (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 Apr 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs WA8GJS
· Advanced · issued Nov 28, 1995, expires Nov 28, 2005
RICHARD L. BUNNELL
65240 SHIMMEL RD RR 3, STURGIS, MI 49091
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs WA8GJS
· Advanced · issued Feb 11, 1986, expires Feb 11, 1996
RICHARD L BUNNELL
65240 SHIMMEL RD RR 3, STURGIS, MI 49091
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 18, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as WA8GJS
RICHARD L BUNNELL
65240 SHIMMEL RD RR 3, STURGIS, MI 49091
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.
1996 · 1 edition WA8GJS · class A
Richard L Bunnell 65240 Shimm•i Rd Rr 3, Sturgis Ml 1996 p.1641
1994 · 1 edition WA8GJS · class A
Richard L Bunnell 65240 Shimmel Rd Rr 3, Sturgis, MI 49091 1994 p.1461
1992 · 1 edition WA8GJS · class A
Richard L Bunnell 65140 Shimmel Rd Rr J, Sturgis, MI 49091 1992 p.1270
1988 → 1990 · 2 editions WA8GJS · class A
Richard L Bunnell 65240 Shimmel Rd Rr 3, Sturgis Winter 1988 p.1091, Winter 1990 p.1126
1986 · 1 edition WA8GJS · class A
Richard L Bunnell B5240 Shimmel Rd, Sturgis Ml 49091 Winter 1986 p.1040
1982 → 1983 · 2 editions WA8GJS · class A
Richard L Bunnell 65240 Shimmel Rd, Sturgis, MI 49091 Winter 1982 p.965, Winter 1983 p.997
1981 · 1 edition WA8GJS · class A
Richard L Bunnell 428 Shimmel Rd, Sturgis, MI 49091 1981 p.859
1979 · 1 edition WA8GJS · class A
Richard L Bunnell 428 Shmmel Rd, Sturgis, MI 49091 Winter 1979 p.356
1971 → 1976 · 5 editions WA8GJS · class G
Richard L Bunnell 428 Shimmel Rd, Sturgis 49091 Mi Winter 1971 p.515, Winter 1972 p.521, Winter 1973 p.521, 1974 p.489, Winter 1976 p.524
1969 · 1 edition WA8GJS · class T
Richard L Bunn Ell 119 1/2 S Orange St Fall 1969 p.507
1965 → 1967 · 3 editions WA8GJS · class T
Richard Bunnell 216 Sixth St, Burr Oak Mich Summer 1965 p.462, Spring 1966 p.465, Fall 1967 p.503
None · 1 edition WA8GJS · class A
Richard L Bunnell 65240 Shimmel Rd, Sturgis None p.489
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA8GJS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA8GJS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.