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WD5CIS HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WD5CIS was last held in the 1990s (license expired Feb 2, 1998), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
WD5CIS in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs WD5CIS
· General · issued Feb 2, 1988, expires Feb 2, 1998
JAMES G HUDSON
STAR ROUTE BOX 88, HALE CENTER, TX 79041
WD5CIS 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.
1994 · 1 edition WD5CIS · class G
James G Hudson Star Rt Box 88, Hale Center, TX 79041 1994 p.837
1984 → 1987 · 3 editions WD5CIS · class G
James G Hudson Star Route, Hale Center, TX 79041 Winter 1984 p.615, Winter 1985 p.613, Winter 1987 p.623
1983 · 1 edition WD5CIS · class G
James G Hudson Star Rte, Hale Center, TX 79041 Winter 1983 p.592
1982 · 1 edition WD5CIS · class G
Robert H Hollabaugh 4424 Fannin, Amarillo, TX 79110 Winter 1982 p.575
1980 → 1981 · 2 editions WD5CIS · class G
James Ghudson Star Rte, Hale Center Winter 1980 p.554, 1981 p.489
1979 · 1 edition WD5CIS · class G
James G Hudson Star Ate, Hale Center, TX 79041 Winter 1979 p.18
1978 · 1 edition WD5CIS · class N
James C Stanley 649 Monroe Av, Evansville N 47713 Winter 1978 p.874