🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 20, 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)
WB8TRA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 14, 2026.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 14, 2026
Previous holder: CHARLES E HAFNER
Held WB8TRA Oct 26, 1984 → Sep 13, 2024
· first licensed Oct 26, 1984 as WB8TRA
· 1 license · FRN 0011404845 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1976 as WB8TRA, 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 Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 17 discs WB8TRA
· Technician Plus · issued Sep 13, 1994, expires Sep 13, 2004
CHARLES E. HAFNER
751 PHILCLAIRE RD, CHILLICOTHE, OH 45601
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB8TRA
· Technician · issued Oct 26, 1984, expires Oct 26, 1994
CHARLES E HAFNER
751 PHILCLAIRE RD, CHILLICOTHE, OH 45601
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 WB8TRA
CHARLES E HAFNER
751 PHILCLAIRE RD, CHILLICOTHE, OH 45601
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.
1989 → 1997 · 4 editions WB8TRA · class P
Charles E Hafner 751 Philclaire Rd, Chillicothe, OH 45601 Winter 1989 p.1165, 1992 p.1342, 1994 p.1541, 1997 p.1796
1987 · 1 edition WB8TRA
T Lee Alorentz 549 S 2nd Ave, Waite Park Winter 1987 p.89
1985 → 1986 · 2 editions WB8TRA · class T
Charles E Hafner 751 Philclaire Rd, Chillicothe, OH 45601 Winter 1985 p.1102, Winter 1986 p.1099
1984 · 1 edition WB8TRA · class T
Charles E Hafner 151 Philclaire Rd, Chillicothe Oh 45b01 Winter 1984 p.1101
1981 → 1983 · 3 editions WB8TRA · class T
Charles E Hafner 751 Philclaire Rd, Chillicothe, OH 45601 1981 p.913, Winter 1982 p.1022, Winter 1983 p.1056
1976 → 1980 · 5 editions WB8TRA · class T
Charles E Hafner 339 S Watt St, Chillicothe 45601 Oh Winter 1976 p.558, Winter 1977 p.604, Winter 1978 p.844, Winter 1979 p.917, Winter 1980 p.975
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB8TRA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB8TRA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.