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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)
WA8VQU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WA8VQU was last held in the 1990s (license expired Feb 3, 1997), 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
WA8VQU 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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs WA8VQU
· General · issued Feb 3, 1987, expires Feb 3, 1997
CARL Z WITTEN
214 MILLS AVE, BECKLEY, WV 25801
WA8VQU 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.
1979 → 1982 · 4 editions WA8VQU · class T
Carl Z Witten 214 Mills Av, Beckley, WV 25801 Winter 1979 p.922, Winter 1980 p.980, Winter 1981 p.990, Winter 1982 p.1027
1977 · 1 edition WA8VQU · class T
Carl Z Witten 1543b Steel, Detroit 48227 Ml Winter 1977 p.610
1974 · 1 edition WA8VQU · class T
C.ri Z W~ten 15436 Ste~. Detroit 48227 Ml Winter 1974 p.560
1972 → 1974 · 2 editions WA8VQU · class T
Carl Z Witten 15436 Steel, Oetroit 48117 Mi Winter 1972 p.560, 1974 p.530
1971 · 1 edition WA8VQU · class T
Carl Z Witten 2575 Richton, Detroit Winter 1971 p.553
1969 · 1 edition WA8VQU · class T
Carl Z W I T T E N 2 5 7 5 R I C H T O N, D E T R O I T Summer 1969 p.540
1967 · 1 edition WA8VQU · class T
Carl L Witten 2575 Rtchtll'>i, Oetr.oit Ml Fall 1967 p.540
None · 1 edition WA8VQU · class T
Carl Z Witten 15436 Steel, Detroit None p.530