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WB8WGG HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 11, 2021.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 11, 2021
Previous holder: RICHARD M BERGELLS
Held WB8WGG Feb 10, 1999 → Feb 10, 2019
· first licensed Dec 26, 1989 as N8EFR
· 1 license · FRN 0004157244 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1976 as WB8WGG, before the FCC's online records
WB8WGGExpiredGeneral · vanityFeb 10, 1999 → Feb 10, 2019 (expired)
Licensee
RICHARD M BERGELLS
Address
Attn: Richard M Bergells 3302 Claxton St. KALAMAZOO, MI 49048
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 Apr 7, 1999 → Apr 17, 2003 · 9 discs WB8WGG
· General · issued Feb 10, 1999, expires Feb 10, 2009
· previously N8EFR
RICHARD M. BERGELLS
1012 PALMER, KALAMAZOO, MI 49001
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs N8EFR
· General · issued Dec 26, 1989, expires Dec 26, 1999
RICHARD M BERGELLS
1012 PALMER, KALAMAZOO, MI 49001
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Oct 22, 2013 → Oct 18, 2026 · 41 snapshots · as WB8WGG
RICHARD M BERGELLS
Attn: Richard M Bergells 3302 Claxton St., KALAMAZOO, MI 49048
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.
1987 · 1 edition WB8WGG · class G
Merrill E Thurman 517 E Latoka Ct, Springfield, MO 65604 Winter 1987 p.100
1982 · 1 edition WB8WGG · class G
Richard M Bergells Lolb Karendale, Portage, MI 49081 Winter 1982 p.1029
1981 · 1 edition WB8WGG · class G
Richard M Bergells 1018 Karendale, Portage, MI 49081 1981 p.920
1980 · 1 edition WB8WGG · class G
Richard M Bergells Lolb Karendale, Portage, MI 49081 Winter 1980 p.982
1979 · 1 edition WB8WGG · class G
Richard M Bergells 1018 Karendale, Portage, MI 49081 Winter 1979 p.416
1978 · 1 edition WB8WGG · class G
Richard M Bergells 1018 Karendaie, Portage Mi ° 49081 Winter 1978 p.852
1976 · 1 edition WB8WGG · class G
Richard M Bergells 1018 Karendale, Portage 49081 Mi Winter 1976 p.567
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB8WGG in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB8WGG beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.