🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 20, 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)
WA8QGS HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 12, 1999.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Aug 12, 1999
Previous holder: JOHN R WILLIAMS
Held WA8QGS Aug 11, 1987 → Aug 11, 1997
· first licensed Aug 11, 1987 as WA8QGS
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1967 as WA8QGS, before the FCC's online records
WA8QGSExpiredTechnician PlusAug 11, 1987 → Aug 11, 1997 (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 7, 1999 · 3 discs WA8QGS
· Technician Plus · issued Aug 11, 1987, expires Aug 11, 1997
JOHN R WILLIAMS
PO BOX 108, GRAND JUNCTION, MI 49056
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 4, 1997 · 6 discs WA8QGS
· Technician Plus · issued Aug 11, 1987, expires Aug 11, 1997
JOHN R WILLIAMS
POB 108, GRAND JUNCTION, MI 49056
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA8QGS
· Technician · issued Aug 11, 1987, expires Aug 11, 1997
JOHN R WILLIAMS
POB 108, GRAND JUNCTION, MI 49056
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 WA8QGS
JOHN R WILLIAMS
PO Box 108 GRAND JUNCTION, MI 49056
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.
1990 · 1 edition WA8QGS · class T
John R Williams Pob 108, Grand Junction Ml 49056 Winter 1990 p.1172
1985 · 1 edition WA8QGS · class T
John R Williams Pob Job, Grand Junction Ml 49056 K~~~!~ Ij ~:, Ia, /v ~(C~o\i, 1!:~a~:, ~·r~~.y~~st Chester, OH 45069 Winter 1985 p.1087
1981 · 1 edition WA8QGS · class T
John R Williams Box 108, Grand Junction, MI 49056 1981 p.902
1980 · 1 edition WA8QGS · class T
John R Williams 13-0x 108, Grand Junction Ml 49056 Winter 1980 p.963
1978 · 1 edition WA8QGS · class T
John R Williams Box 108, Grand Junction Winter 1978 p.834
None → 1976 · 7 editions WA8QGS · class T
John R Williams Pob 108, Grand Junction None p.519, Fall 1967 p.526, Fall 1971 p.543, Winter 1972 p.550, 1974 p.519, Winter 1975 p.542, Winter 1976 p.548
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA8QGS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA8QGS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.