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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)
WA8RDG HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 18, 2001.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jun 11, 2001 as choice 4:
not granted, that applicant got W8RDG instead.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 18, 2001
Previous holder: KENNETH S BEHRENS
Held WA8RDG Jan 17, 1989 → Jan 17, 1999
· first licensed Jan 17, 1989 as WA8RDG
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1970 as WA8RDG, before the FCC's online records
WA8RDGExpiredGeneralJan 17, 1989 → Jan 17, 1999 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 2000 · 14 discs WA8RDG
· General · issued Jan 17, 1989, expires Jan 17, 1999
KENNETH S. BEHRENS
3023 WOODBURY, WALLED LAKE, MI 48088
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as WA8RDG
KENNETH S BEHRENS
3023 WOODBURY, WALLED LAKE, MI 48088
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.
1997 · 1 edition WA8RDG · class G
Kenneth S Behrens 3013 Woodbury, Walled Lake "ml 48088 1997 p.1779
1974 → 1994 · 8 editions WA8RDG · class G
Kenneth S. Behrens 3023 Woodbury, Walled Lake, MI 48088 Winter 1974 p.551, Winter 1975 p.544, Winter 1976 p.550, Winter 1977 p.598, Winter 1980 p.966, Winter 1982 p.1014, Winter 1983 p.1049, 1994 p.1527
1970 → 1973 · 4 editions WA8RDG · class G
Kenneth S. Behrens 17581 Evergreen, Detroit Ml Spring 1970 p.540, Winter 1971 p.544, Fall 1971 p.544, Winter 1973 p.552
1969 · 1 edition WA8RDG · class G
Kenneth S . B E H R E N S 1 7 5 8 1 E V E R G R E E N, D E T R O I T Mi Summer 1969 p.530
None · 1 edition WA8RDG · class G
Seas S. Behrens 17581 Evergreen None p.521
Others Requesting WA8RDG
1 application listed WA8RDG as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA8RDG in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA8RDG beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.