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WD4AWU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 26, 2021.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jun 26, 2021
Previous holder: LESTER E ALFORD JR
Held WD4AWU Sep 20, 1988 → Jun 25, 2019
· first licensed Sep 20, 1988 as WD4AWU
· 1 license · FRN 0004435780 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WD4AWU, before the FCC's online records
WD4AWUExpiredGeneralSep 20, 1988 → Jun 25, 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 Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 7, 1999 · 9 discs WD4AWU
· Technician Plus · issued Sep 20, 1988, expires Sep 20, 1998
LESTER E ALFORD JR
802 ARMSTRONG DR, BELMONT, NC 28012
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD4AWU
· Technician · issued Sep 20, 1988, expires Sep 20, 1998
LESTER E ALFORD JR
802 ARMSTRONG DR, BELMONT, NC 28012
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as WD4AWU
LESTER E ALFORD JR
1016 Creekbriar Ave, GASTONIA, NC 28054
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 WD4AWU
· General · issued Dec 22, 2000, expires Jun 25, 2009
LESTER E. ALFORD; JR
1016 CREEKBRIAR AVE, GASTONIA, NC 28054
Seen Oct 8, 1999 → Oct 31, 2000 · 3 discs WD4AWU
· Technician Plus · issued Jun 25, 1999, expires Jun 25, 2009
LESTER E. ALFORD; JR
1016 BRIARWOOD AVE, GASTONIA, NC 28054
WD4AWU 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.
1996 · 1 edition WD4AWU · class T
Lester E Mord Jr 802 Armstrong Dr, Belmont, NC 28012 1996 p.563
1995 · 1 edition WD4AWU
T Lester E Alford Jr B01 Armstrong Dr, Belmont, NC 18011 1995 p.572
1994 · 1 edition WD4AWU · class T
Lester E Alford Jr 802 Armstrong Dr, Belmont, NC 28012 1994 p.511
1993 · 1 edition WD4AWU · class T
Lester E Alford Jr B02 Armstrong Dr, Belmont, NC 18011 1993 p.486
1990 · 1 edition WD4AWU · class T
Lester E Alford Jr 802 Armstrong Dr, Belmont, NC 28012 Winter 1990 p.410
1987 → 1988 · 2 editions WD4AWU · class T
Lester E Alford Jr Rtt L Box 10&-A, Belmont, NC 18011 Winter 1987 p.400, Winter 1988 p.409
1986 · 1 edition WD4AWU · class T
Lester E Alford Jr Rte 1 Box !ob-A, Belmont, NC 18012 Winter 1986 p.399
1984 → 1985 · 2 editions WD4AWU · class T
Lester E Alford Jr Rte I Box !ob-A, Belmont, NC 28012 Winter 1984 p.405, Winter 1985 p.402
1982 → 1983 · 2 editions WD4AWU · class T
Lester E Alford Jr Rfd 1-Box 106-A, Belmont, NC 28012 Winter 1982 p.381, Winter 1983 p.392
1978 · 1 edition WD4AWU · class N
Lester E Alford Jr 1410 Georgetown Dr, Gastonia, NC 28052 Winter 1978 p.333
None · 1 edition WD4AWU · class T
Lester E Alford Ur Rfd 1-Box 106-A, Belmont None p.317
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD4AWU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD4AWU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.