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WA9GVG HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 26, 2025.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 26, 2025
Previous holder: MELVIN W TOMPKINS
Held WA9GVG May 25, 1993 → May 25, 2023
· first licensed May 25, 1993 as WA9GVG
· 1 license · FRN 0008281628 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1966 as WA9GVG, before the FCC's online records
WA9GVGExpiredGeneralMay 25, 1993 → May 25, 2023 (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 Apr 17, 2003 · 1 disc WA9GVG
· General · issued Mar 3, 2003, expires May 25, 2013
MELVIN W TOMPKINS
964 W ST RD 38, NEW CASTLE, IN 47362
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 25, 2002 · 18 discs WA9GVG
· General · issued May 25, 1993, expires May 25, 2003
MELVIN W. TOMPKINS
964 W ST RD 38, NEW CASTLE, IN 47362
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Nov 1, 2026 · 52 snapshots · as WA9GVG
MELVIN W TOMPKINS
964 W ST RD 38, NEW CASTLE, IN 47362
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 WA9GVG · class G
Melvin W Tompkins 964 W St Rd Jb, New Castle, IN 47362 1997 p.1878
1996 · 1 edition WA9GVG · class G
Melvin W Tompkins 964 W St Rd 38, New Castle, IN 47362 1996 p.1810
1995 · 1 edition WA9GVG · class G
Melvin W Tompkins 964 W St Rd Js, New Castle, IN 47361 1995 p.1755
1987 → 1990 · 2 editions WA9GVG · class G
Melvin Wtompkins Rr I Box 39, New Castle, IN 47361 Winter 1987 p.1173, Winter 1990 p.1244
1986 · 1 edition WA9GVG · class G
Melvin Wtompkins Rr 1 Box 39, New Castle, IN 47362 Winter 1986 p.1153
1985 · 1 edition WA9GVG · class G
Melvin W Tompkins Rr L Box 39, New Castle, IN 47302 Winter 1985 p.1158
1982 → 1983 · 2 editions WA9GVG · class G
Memn W Tompkins Rfd 1, New Castle, IN 47362 Winter 1982 p.1078, Winter 1983 p.1112
1980 · 1 edition WA9GVG · class G
Melvin W Tompkins Rfd L, New Castle, IN 47362 Winter 1980 p.1032
1979 · 1 edition WA9GVG
G Melv~ W Toillli<Ins Rfd 1. New Castle, IN 47362 Winter 1979 p.461
1976 → 1977 · 2 editions WA9GVG · class G
Melvin W Tompkins Rfd 1, New Castle 47362 In Winter 1976 p.590, Winter 1977 p.638
1974 → 1975 · 2 editions WA9GVG · class G
Melvin W Tompkins Rfd L, New Castle · 47362 In Winter 1974 p.585, Winter 1975 p.580
1971 → 1973 · 3 editions WA9GVG · class G
Melvin W Tompkins Rfd 1, New Castle 47362 In Fall 1971 p.585, Winter 1972 p.588, Winter 1973 p.586
1971 · 1 edition WA9GVG · class G
Melvin W Tomp~ns Rfd I, New Casue Winter 1971 p.585
1966 → 1970 · 4 editions WA9GVG · class G
Melvin W. Tompkins Rfd 1, New Castle Spring 1966 p.522, Spring 1968 p.579, Summer 1969 p.565, Spring 1970 p.578
1964 · 1 edition WA9GVG
M E L V I N W. T O M P K I N S * 2 0 2 L S 1 8 T H S T * N E W C A S T L E Ind Fall 1964 p.508
None · 1 edition WA9GVG · class G
Melvin W Tompkins Rfd 1, New Castle None p.554
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9GVG in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9GVG beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.