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WD2ALA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 6, 2021.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 6, 2021
Previous holder: JOEL COHEN
Held WD2ALA Jun 27, 1989 → Mar 5, 2019
· first licensed Jun 27, 1989 as WD2ALA
· 1 license · FRN 0004885687 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WD2ALA, before the FCC's online records
WD2ALAExpiredAdvancedJun 27, 1989 → Mar 5, 2019 (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 Apr 13, 2001 → Apr 17, 2003 · 5 discs WD2ALA
· Advanced · issued Feb 1, 2001, expires Mar 5, 2009
JOEL COHEN
7828 PINE ISLAND WAY, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33411
Seen Apr 7, 1999 → Oct 31, 2000 · 4 discs WD2ALA
· Advanced · issued Apr 1, 1999, expires Mar 5, 2009
JOEL COHEN
4879 VIA PALM LAKE 611, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33417
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs WD2ALA
· Advanced · issued Jun 27, 1989, expires Jun 27, 1999
JOEL COHEN
50 LEXINGTON AVE 10D, NEW YORK, NY 10010
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Nov 1, 2026 · 52 snapshots · as WD2ALA
JOEL COHEN
7828 PINE ISLAND WAY, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33411
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.
1990 → 1993 · 3 editions WD2ALA · class A
Joel Cohen 50 Lexington Ave 10-0, New York, NY 10010 Winter 1990 p.197, Winter 1991 p.212, 1993 p.233
1989 · 1 edition WD2ALA · class A
Joel Cohen 110 Bank St 2-C, New York, NY 10014 Winter 1989 p.196
1988 · 1 edition WD2ALA · class A
Joel Cohen 27 E 13th Street Apt 7-E, New York, NY 10003 Winter 1988 p.195
1984 · 1 edition WD2ALA · class A
Joel Cohen 540 E 10th St·apt J.8, New York, NY 10009 Winter 1984 p.192
1982 → 1983 · 2 editions WD2ALA · class A
Joel Cohen 540 E 20th St·apt 3-B, New York, NV 10009 Winter 1982 p.181, Winter 1983 p.186
1980 → 1981 · 2 editions WD2ALA · class A
Joel Cohen 106-15 Queens Blvd Apt 6d, Forest Hills, NV 11375 Winter 1980 p.175, 1981 p.110
1979 · 1 edition WD2ALA · class G
Joel Cqi1en 106 15th Queens Blvd, Foresl Tit~, NY 11375 Winter 1979 p.170
None · 1 edition WD2ALA · class A
Joel Cohen 540 E 20th St-Apt 3-B, New York None p.113
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD2ALA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD2ALA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.