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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)
WB8HON HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WB8HON was last held in the 1990s (license expired Jul 26, 1995), 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
WB8HON 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 WB8HON
· Advanced · issued Jul 26, 1985, expires Jul 26, 1995
FRANCIS E WILLIAMS
5309 SOUTHERN BLVD, YOUNGSTOWN, OH 44512
WB8HON 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.
1983 → 1994 · 3 editions WB8HON · class A
Francis E Williams 5309 Southern Blvd, Youngstown, OH 44512 Winter 1983 p.1001, Winter 1988 p.1097, 1994 p.1468
1982 · 1 edition WB8HON · class A
Francis E Williams S309 Southern Blvd, Youngstown, OH 44512 Winter 1982 p.969
1973 → 1981 · 6 editions WB8HON · class A
Francis E Williams 5309 Southern Blvd, Youngstown, OH 44512 Winter 1973 p.524, Winter 1974 p.523, Winter 1975 p.518, Winter 1976 p.527, Winter 1977 p.575, 1981 p.863
1971 → 1972 · 2 editions WB8HON · class T
S Rus Schay 405 Whitthorne Dr, Cncnnati Winter 1971 p.518, Winter 1972 p.523