🕒 FCC license data updated today 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 16, 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)
WD4CIW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 26, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jun 26, 2010
Previous holder: JAMES W BRANCH JR
Held WD4CIW Oct 11, 1988 → Jun 25, 2008
· first licensed Oct 11, 1988 as WD4CIW
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD4CIW, before the FCC's online records
WD4CIWExpiredTechnician PlusOct 11, 1988 → Jun 25, 2008 (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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 7, 1999 · 2 discs WD4CIW
· Technician Plus · issued Jun 25, 1998, expires Jun 25, 2008
JAMES W BRANCH JR
PO BOX 266, SMITH, AL 36877
Seen Mar 9, 1998 · 1 disc WD4CIW
· Technician Plus · issued Oct 11, 1988, expires Oct 11, 1998
JAMES W BRANCH JR
PO BOX 266, SMITH, AL 36877
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 4, 1997 · 6 discs WD4CIW
· Technician Plus · issued Oct 11, 1988, expires Oct 11, 1998
JAMES W BRANCH JR
POB 266, SMITH, AL 36877
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD4CIW
· Technician · issued Oct 11, 1988, expires Oct 11, 1998
JAMES W BRANCH JR
POB 266, SMITH, AL 36877
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 WD4CIW
JAMES W BRANCH JR
PO Box 266 SMITH, AL 36877
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.
1997 · 1 edition WD4CIW · class T
James W Branch Jr Pob 166, Smith Al J6b77 1997 p.600
1995 · 1 edition WD4CIW · class T
James W Branch Jr Pob 1b6, Smith, AL 36877 1995 p.592
1994 · 1 edition WD4CIW
James W Branch J R Pob 266, Smith, AL 36877 1994 p.530
1993 · 1 edition WD4CIW · class T
James W Branch Jr Pob 266, Smith, AL 36877 1993 p.504
1991 · 1 edition WD4CIW · class T
James W Branch Jr Pob 166, Smith, AL 36877 Winter 1991 p.454
1990 · 1 edition WD4CIW · class T
James W Branch Jr Pob 266, Smrth, AL 36877 Winter 1990 p.425
1988 · 1 edition WD4CIW · class T
James W Branch Jr Pob 166, Smith, AL 36877 Winter 1988 p.425
1985 · 1 edition WD4CIW · class T
James Wbranch Jr Pob 1bb, Smith Al 3bb77 G Jean Emmons, 975 Brooks Hill Rd, Brooks ·, KY 40109 Winter 1985 p.419
1984 · 1 edition WD4CIW · class T
James W Branch Jr Box 1bb Smitns Al 3b877 Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33309 Winter 1984 p.423
1980 → 1983 · 3 editions WD4CIW · class T
James W Branch Jr Box 266, Smiths, AL 36877 Winter 1980 p.387, Winter 1982 p.397, Winter 1983 p.411
1979 · 1 edition WD4CIW · class T
James W Branch Jr .bo, 266, Smiths, AL 36877 Winter 1979 p.371
1978 · 1 edition WD4CIW
Wacix N T James Sanford W M Branch. Krell 9801 Jr, Box Collins 266, Av-# Smiths’ 10. Bal Harbour Al, FL 36877 Winter 1978 p.344
None · 1 edition WD4CIW · class T
James W Branch Jr Box 266, Smiths, AL 36877 None p.336
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD4CIW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD4CIW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.