🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 21, 2026) · next update today 9:45 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)
WB8KRN HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 29, 2017.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Nov 29, 2017
Previous holder: RICHARD C HEINDEL
Held WB8KRN Mar 4, 1986 → Nov 28, 2015
· first licensed Mar 4, 1986 as WB8KRN
· 1 license · FRN 0002679595 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1974 as WB8KRN, before the FCC's online records
WB8KRNExpiredGeneralMar 4, 1986 → Nov 28, 2015 (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, 2000 → Apr 17, 2003 · 6 discs WB8KRN
· General · issued May 31, 2000, expires Nov 28, 2005
RICHARD C. HEINDEL .
360 LEX STEAM CORNERS RD, LEXINGTON, OH 44904
Seen Apr 21, 1996 → May 2, 2000 · 8 discs WB8KRN
· Technician Plus · issued Nov 28, 1995, expires Nov 28, 2005
RICHARD C. HEINDEL
360 LEX STEAM CORNERS RD, LEXINGTON, OH 44904
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Oct 26, 1995 · 3 discs WB8KRN
· Technician Plus · issued Mar 4, 1986, expires Mar 4, 1996
RICHARD C HEINDEL
360 LEX STEAM CORNERS RD, LEXINGTON, OH 44904
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB8KRN
· Technician · issued Mar 4, 1986, expires Mar 4, 1996
RICHARD C HEINDEL
360 LEX STEAM CORNERS RD, LEXINGTON, OH 44904
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 WB8KRN
RICHARD C HEINDEL
360 LEX STEAM CORNERS RD, LEXINGTON, OH 44904-9349
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.
1982 → 1995 · 5 editions WB8KRN · class T
Richard C Heindel 8431 Co Rd 97, Belle Center, OH 43310 Winter 1982 p.986, Winter 1983 p.1016, Winter 1987 p.1075, 1994 p.1487, Winter 1995 p.1586
1974 → 1981 · 5 editions WB8KRN · class T
Richard C Heindel Box 223, Bellefontaine, OH 43311 Winter 1974 p.531, Winter 1976 p.535, Winter 1978 p.812, Winter 1979 p.880, 1981 p.880
1974 · 1 edition WB8KRN · class T
Richard C Mag 14260 Eldon 1974 p.501
None · 1 edition WB8KRN · class T
Richard C Heindel 8431 Co Rd 97, Belle Center, OH 43310 None p.501
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB8KRN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB8KRN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.