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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)
WA8RKS HAM
✅ Never issued — WA8RKS isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Apr 17, 2001 as choice 4:
not granted, that applicant got K8RKS instead.
The FCC has no record of WA8RKS ever being issued.
WA8RKS 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.
1980 → 1983 · 2 editions WA8RKS · class T
Gary V Chambers Rfd 2·box 189·b, Moundsville, WV 26041 Winter 1980 p.968, Winter 1983 p.1050
1976 → 1979 · 2 editions WA8RKS · class T
Gary V Chambers 1019 3rd St, Sandusky 44870 Oh Winter 1976 p.551, Winter 1979 p.401
1971 → 1974 · 5 editions WA8RKS · class T
Gary V Chambers Rfd 3-Box 19, Cameron Winter 1971 p.544, Fall 1971 p.544, Winter 1972 p.552, Winter 1973 p.552, Winter 1974 p.552
1970 · 1 edition WA8RKS · class T
Gary V Chambers Rfo 3, Cameron 26033 Wv Spring 1970 p.541
1969 · 1 edition WA8RKS · class T
Gary V . C H A M B E R S R F D 3, Cameron Summer 1969 p.530
1967 · 1 edition WA8RKS · class T
Gary V. Chambers Rfd 3, Cameron 26033 Wv Fall 1967 p.528
Others Requesting WA8RKS
1 application listed WA8RKS as a choice, newest first.