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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)
WA8LOA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 18, 2003.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 18, 2003
Previous holder: LESLIE B M BUCHANAN
Held WA8LOA Sep 17, 1991 → Sep 17, 2001
· first licensed Sep 17, 1991 as WA8LOA
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1965 as WA8LOA, 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 17, 2003 · 19 discs WA8LOA
· Advanced · issued Sep 17, 1991, expires Sep 17, 2001
LESLIE B M. BUCHANAN
1231 S TRIMBLE RD, MANSFIELD, OH 44907
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 WA8LOA
LESLIE B M BUCHANAN
1231 S TRIMBLE RD, MANSFIELD, OH 44907
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.
1994 · 1 edition WA8LOA · class N
Phyllis Brumfield 5328-D Alpine Dr, Cross Lanes, WV 25313 1994 p.1493
1992 · 1 edition WA8LOA · class A
Leslie B M Buchanan 917 State Rd 95, Perrysville, OH 44864 1992 p.1303
1989 → 1991 · 2 editions WA8LOA · class A
Leslie B M Buchanan 927 State Rd 95, Perrysville, OH 44864 Winter 1989 p.1134, Winter 1991 p.1254
1988 · 1 edition WA8LOA · class A
Leslie B M Buchanan 921 Slate Rd 95, Perrysville, OH 44864 Winter 1988 p.1114
1986 → 1987 · 2 editions WA8LOA · class A
Leslie B M Buchanan 927 State Rd 95, Perrysville Oh 448b4 Winter 1986 p.1062, Winter 1987 p.1078
1985 · 1 edition WA8LOA
A Lesli• 8 Mbuchanan 917 State Rd 95, Perrysville Winter 1985 p.1064
1979 → 1983 · 3 editions WA8LOA · class A
Leslie B M Buchanan 927 State Rd-#95, Perrysville, OH 44864 Winter 1979 p.884, 1981 p.884, Winter 1983 p.1021
1969 → 1977 · 8 editions WA8LOA · class A
L E S L I E B . M . Buchanan Rfd 1-Box 23, ~ Summer 1969 p.518, Spring 1970 p.529, Winter 1971 p.534, Winter 1972 p.538, Winter 1973 p.538, Winter 1975 p.529, Winter 1976 p.538, Winter 1977 p.585
1966 · 1 edition WA8LOA
Eugene R. Nagy 317 Center Rd. Bedford Ohio Spring 1966 p.475
1965 · 1 edition WA8LOA
Leslie B.m. Buchanan 11082 W. Broad St Summer 1965 p.473
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA8LOA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA8LOA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.