🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 19, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 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)
WD4BYE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 10, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Nov 10, 2000
Previous holder: POWELL E WAY III
Held WD4BYE Aug 12, 1986 → Nov 9, 1998
· first licensed Aug 12, 1986 as WD4BYE
· 2 licenses · FRN 0003188851 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD4BYE, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: , None → Silverstreet, SC
W4OPWActiveGeneral · vanityNov 9, 1998 → expires Nov 9, 2028
WD4BYECanceledGeneralAug 12, 1986 → Nov 9, 1998 (canceled)
Licensee
POWELL E WAY III
Address
Last granted
Effective
Last action
Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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 · 1 disc W4OPW
· General · issued Nov 9, 1998, expires Nov 9, 2008
· previously WD4BYE(Technician Plus)
POWELL E . WAY III .
PO BOX 46, GILBERT, SC 29054
Seen Nov 11, 1998 · 1 disc WD4BYE
· General · issued Jun 3, 1998, expires Jun 19, 2006
POWELL E . WAY III .
PO BOX 46, GILBERT, SC 29054
Seen Mar 9, 1998 · 1 disc WD4BYE
· Technician Plus · issued Jun 19, 1996, expires Jun 19, 2006
POWELL E WAY III .
PO BOX 11475, COLUMBIA, SC 29211
Seen Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 4, 1997 · 2 discs WD4BYE
· Technician Plus · issued Jun 19, 1996, expires Jun 19, 2006
POWELL E WAY III .
POB 11475, COLUMBIA, SC 29211
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 21, 1996 · 4 discs WD4BYE
· Technician Plus · issued Aug 12, 1986, expires Aug 12, 1996
POWELL E WAY III
POB 11475, COLUMBIA, SC 29211
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD4BYE
· Technician · issued Aug 12, 1986, expires Aug 12, 1996
POWELL E WAY III
POB 11475, COLUMBIA, SC 29211
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Apr 27, 2024 → Oct 18, 2026 · 14 snapshots · as W4OPW
POWELL E WAY III
217 ALPHA MARTHA RD, SILVERSTREET, SC 29145
Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as W4OPW
POWELL E WAY III
PO Box 280461 Columbia, SC 29228
WD4BYE 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.
1989 → 1994 · 2 editions WD4BYE · class T
Powell E Way 111 Pob 11475, Columbia, SC 19211 Winter 1989 p.421, 1994 p.525
1988 · 1 edition WD4BYE · class T
Powell E Way I Ii Pob 11475, Columbia, SC 19211 Winter 1988 p.421
1985 → 1986 · 2 editions WD4BYE · class T
Powell Eway Iii 1915 Harrington St Pob 686 Winter 1985 p.414, Winter 1986 p.411
1984 · 1 edition WD4BYE · class T
Powell E Way Ih Pob 686 1915 Harrington· St Winter 1984 p.418
1981 · 1 edition WD4BYE · class T
Powell E Way Iti 1915 Harrington St-Box 686, Newberry, SC 29108 Winter 1981 p.384
None → 1981 · 4 editions WD4BYE · class T
Powell E Way Iii 1915 Harrington St-Box 686, Newberry Sc None p.331, Winter 1979 p.368, Winter 1980 p.383, 1981 p.316
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD4BYE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD4BYE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.