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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)
WA8NRK HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WA8NRK was last held in the 1990s (license expired Nov 23, 1994), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
WA8NRK in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 Oct 31, 1994 → Oct 27, 1996 · 5 discs WA8NRK
· Technician Plus · issued Nov 23, 1984, expires Nov 23, 1994
PAUL M SMITH
1509 HYDE PARK AVE, AKRON, OH 44310
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA8NRK
· Technician · issued Nov 23, 1984, expires Nov 23, 1994
PAUL M SMITH
1509 HYDE PARK AVE, AKRON, OH 44310
WA8NRK 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.
1983 → 1997 · 5 editions WA8NRK · class T
Paul M Smith 1509 Hyde Park Ave, Akron, OH 44310 Winter 1983 p.1032, 1994 p.1507, 1995 p.1639, 1996 p.1687, 1997 p.1756
1982 · 1 edition WA8NRK
T. Paul M Smith 1s09 Hyde Park Ave, Akron, OH 44310 Winter 1982 p.1002
1970 → 1981 · 8 editions WA8NRK · class T
Paul M Smith 1509 Hyde Park Av, Akron 44310 Oh Spring 1970 p.533, Winter 1971 p.538, Fall 1971 p.538, Winter 1976 p.543, Winter 1977 p.590, Winter 1979 p.894, Winter 1980 p.953, Winter 1981 p.964
1969 · 1 edition WA8NRK · class T
Paul M. S M I T H 1 5 0 9 Hyde Park A V, Akron Summer 1969 p.523
1966 · 1 edition WA8NRK
Paul M. Smi Tho 1509 Hy Oe Park Av Akron Ohio Spring 1966 p.481