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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)
WB8PAP HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WB8PAP was last held in the 1990s (license expired Dec 23, 1996), 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
WB8PAP 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 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs WB8PAP
· Advanced · issued Dec 23, 1986, expires Dec 23, 1996
TERRANCE R BOWERS
5878 MARTY LN, CLEMMONS, NC 27012
WB8PAP 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.
1995 · 1 edition WB8PAP · class A
Torrance Rsowers 5878 Marty N, Cl•mmons Winter 1995 p.1615
1994 · 1 edition WB8PAP · class A
Terrance R Bowers 5878 Marty Ln, Clemmons, NC 27012 1994 p.1517
1993 · 1 edition WB8PAP · class A
Terrance R Bowers 5878 Marty N, Clemmons, NC 17011 1993 p.1433
1992 · 1 edition WB8PAP · class A
Terrance R Bowers 5676 Marty Ln, Clemmons, NC 27012 1992 p.1325
1988 → 1990 · 3 editions WB8PAP · class A
Terrance R Bowers 5878 Marty Ln, Clemmons, NC 27011 Winter 1988 p.1129, Winter 1989 p.1148, Winter 1990 p.1168
1987 · 1 edition WB8PAP · class A
Terrance R Bowers 44jj Mirainacne, Grand Rapids Ml 4950s Winter 1987 p.1095
1986 · 1 edition WB8PAP · class A
Terrance Rbowers 4433 Miramar Ne, Grand Rapids Winter 1986 p.1078
1985 · 1 edition WB8PAP · class A
Terrance R Bowers 4160 Brownsboro Rd-Apt E-46, E Thomas R Stratton, Jbb5 Westview Nw, Canton, OH 44709 Winter 1985 p.1081
1984 · 1 edition WB8PAP · class A
Terrance R Bowers 42b0 Brownsboro Rd-Apt E-4b, N Edward T Reyno Ds, 215 09den Ave, Escanaba Ml 49829 Winter 1984 p.1080
1981 → 1983 · 3 editions WB8PAP · class A
Terrance R Bowers 3828 Miramar Ne, Grand Rapids Cleveland, OH 44102 1981 p.897, Winter 1982 p.1008, Winter 1983 p.1039
None → 1979 · 6 editions WB8PAP · class A
Terrance R Bowers 4433 Miramar Ne, Grand Rapids 1.11 49505 None p.516, 1974 p.516, Winter 1975 p.539, Winter 1976 p.546, Winter 1977 p.594, Winter 1979 p.392