🕒 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)
WB8BQY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 25, 2011.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 25, 2011
Previous holder: EARL W PELTON
Held WB8BQY Oct 26, 1984 → May 24, 2009
· first licensed Oct 26, 1984 as WB8BQY
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WB8BQY, before the FCC's online records
WB8BQYExpiredGeneralOct 26, 1984 → May 24, 2009 (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 Oct 8, 1999 → Apr 17, 2003 · 8 discs WB8BQY
· General · issued May 24, 1999, expires May 24, 2009
EARL W. PELTON
739 6TH ST, MARYSVILLE, MI 48040-1207
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 7, 1999 · 9 discs WB8BQY
· General · issued Jul 16, 1994, expires Jul 16, 2004
EARL W PELTON
739 6TH ST, MARYSVILLE, MI 48040
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB8BQY
· General · issued Oct 26, 1984, expires Oct 26, 1994
EARL W PELTON
739 6TH ST, MARYSVILLE, MI 48040
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 WB8BQY
EARL W PELTON
739 6TH ST, MARYSVILLE, MI 48040-1207
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.
1988 → 1991 · 2 editions WB8BQY · class G
Earl W Pelton 739 6th Street, Marysville Ml 48040 G Larry D Caseman, 817 2nd Street, Marietta, OH 45750 Winter 1988 p.1065, Winter 1991 p.1190
1981 → 1983 · 3 editions WB8BQY · class G
Earl W Pelton 739 6th St, Marysville 1981 p.834, Winter 1982 p.939, Winter 1983 p.970
1976 → 1980 · 2 editions WB8BQY · class G
Earl W Pelton 739 Sixth St, Marysville 48040 Mi Winter 1976 p.513, Winter 1980 p.898
1975 · 1 edition WB8BQY · class G
Earl W Pelton 739 Sirth St, Marysville 48040 Ml Winter 1975 p.503
1974 · 1 edition WB8BQY · class G
Earl W P~n 739 Sixth S~ Marysville 48040 Mi Winter 1974 p.506
1971 → 1974 · 4 editions WB8BQY · class G
Earl W Pelton 739 Sixth St, Marysville Winter 1971 p.500, Winter 1972 p.507, Winter 1973 p.507, 1974 p.476
None · 1 edition WB8BQY · class G
Earl W Pelton 739 6th St, Marysville None p.891
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB8BQY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB8BQY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.