🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 3, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CST
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)
WB8DRO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 25, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 25, 2006
Previous holder: LEO O HARMON
Held WB8DRO Mar 23, 1984 → May 24, 2004
· first licensed Mar 23, 1984 as WB8DRO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WB8DRO, before the FCC's online records
WB8DROExpiredTechnicianMar 23, 1984 → May 24, 2004 (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 31, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 17 discs WB8DRO
· Technician · issued May 24, 1994, expires May 24, 2004
LEO O. HARMON
700 PACIFIC ST, CHARLESTON, WV 25302
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB8DRO
· Technician · issued Mar 23, 1984, expires Mar 23, 1994
LEO O HARMON
700 PACIFIC ST, CHARLESTON, WV 25302
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 WB8DRO
LEO O HARMON
700 PACIFIC ST, CHARLESTON, WV 25302
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 → 1997 · 4 editions WB8DRO · class T
Leo 0 Harmon 700 Pacific St, Charleston, WV 25302 Winter 1988 p.1079, 1993 p.1362, 1995 p.1578, 1997 p.1694
1987 · 1 edition WB8DRO · class A
James C Askew 131 S Madison, Louisvi Le Cd B0027 Winter 1987 p.22
1986 · 1 edition WB8DRO · class A
James Caskew 247b Senator Dr, Louisville Winter 1986 p.21
1981 · 1 edition WB8DRO · class T
Leo 0 Harmon 700 Pacific St, Charleston, WV 25302 1981 p.847
1978 → 1979 · 2 editions WB8DRO · class T
Leo O Harmon 700 Paci St, Charleston _, WV 25325 Winter 1978 p.787, Winter 1979 p.348
1976 → 1977 · 2 editions WB8DRO · class T
Leo 0 Harmon 700 Pacific St, Charleston 25325 Wv Winter 1976 p.518, Winter 1977 p.567
1975 · 1 edition WB8DRO · class T
Leo 0 Harmon 100 Pacific St, Charleston 25325 Wv Winter 1975 p.509
1974 · 1 edition WB8DRO · class T
Leo 0 Harmon 700 Pacific St, Charleston 1974 p.483
1971 → 1973 · 3 editions WB8DRO · class T
Leo 0 Harmon Box 1575, Charleston Winter 1971 p.507, Winter 1972 p.513, Winter 1973 p.513
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB8DRO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB8DRO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.