🕒 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)
WB8NNE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 17, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 17, 2010
Previous holder: John W Williams
Held WB8NNE May 10, 1988 → Apr 16, 2008
· first licensed May 10, 1988 as WB8NNE
· 1 license · FRN 0012639514 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1974 as WB8NNE, before the FCC's online records
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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs WB8NNE
· Technician Plus · issued Apr 16, 1998, expires Apr 16, 2008
JOHN W. WILLIAMS
175 BOWEN RD, HOHENWALD, TN 38462
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Mar 9, 1998 · 7 discs WB8NNE
· Technician Plus · issued May 10, 1988, expires May 10, 1998
JOHN W WILLIAMS
1632 SCHOOL ST, LORAIN, OH 44055
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB8NNE
· Technician · issued May 10, 1988, expires May 10, 1998
JOHN W WILLIAMS
1632 SCHOOL ST, LORAIN, OH 44055
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 WB8NNE
JOHN W WILLIAMS
175 BOWEN RD, HOHENWALD, TN 38462
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.
1974 → 1996 · 10 editions WB8NNE · class T
John W Williams 41531 Hazelwood St, E~ria 44035 Oh Winter 1974 p.541, Winter 1975 p.534, Winter 1976 p.542, Winter 1977 p.590, Winter 1979 p.893, Winter 1980 p.952, 1981 p.891, Winter 1982 p.1001, 1994 p.1506, 1996 p.1686
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB8NNE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB8NNE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.