🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 20, 2026) · next update today 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)
WB8BUQ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 21, 1999.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 21, 1999
Previous holder:
Held WB8BUQ → Oct 20, 1997
· first licensed as WB8BUQ
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
WB8BUQCanceledClub / other → Oct 20, 1997 (canceled)
Licensee
Address
Last granted
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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 WB8BUQ
Earlier Holders
WB8BUQ 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 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WB8BUQ
· Amateur Extra · issued Jul 28, 1992, expires Jul 28, 2002
DOUGLAS S ROBOTHAM
22118 EVERGREEN RD, SOUTHFIELD, MI 48075
WB8BUQ 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.
1988 · 1 edition WB8BUQ · class G
Douglas S Robotham 18466 Weslhaven, Southfield Ml 48075 A Irving J Kundtz, 1942 Edwards Dr, Wooster, OH 44691 Winter 1988 p.1066
1983 · 1 edition WB8BUQ · class G
John M Braschwitz Winter 1983 p.970
1980 → 1982 · 3 editions WB8BUQ · class G
Douglass Robotham 2623 Wmc Nichols-#5, Detroit, MI 48223 Winter 1980 p.898, 1981 p.835, Winter 1982 p.940
1979 · 1 edition WB8BUQ · class G
Douglas S Roiloth<Rn 2623 W Mc Nichois· #s, Detro~, MI 48223 Winter 1979 p.337
None → 1977 · 3 editions WB8BUQ · class G
G Es Ee S Robotham 2623 W Mc Nichols Apt 207 None p.892, Winter 1976 p.513, Winter 1977 p.560
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB8BUQ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB8BUQ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.