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WD8ABE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WD8ABE was last held in the 1990s (license expired Mar 1, 1995), 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
WD8ABE 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 WD8ABE
· General · issued Mar 1, 1985, expires Mar 1, 1995
RICHARD E STAIR
5220 14 MI CT, ROCKFORD, MI 49341
WD8ABE 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.
1995 · 1 edition WD8ABE · class G
Richard E Stair 5210 14 Mi Ct, Rockford Ml 1995 p.1555
1988 → 1994 · 4 editions WD8ABE · class G
Richard E Stair 5220 14 Mi Ct, Rockford Ml 49341 Winter 1988 p.1053, Winter 1990 p.1086, 1993 p.1339, 1994 p.1422
1987 · 1 edition WD8ABE · class G
Richard E Stair 5110 14 Mi Ct, Rockford Ml 49341 Winter 1987 p.1021
1986 · 1 edition WD8ABE · class G
Richard E Stair 5220 14 Mi Ct, Kockford, MI 49341 Winter 1986 p.1004
1985 · 1 edition WD8ABE · class G
Richard E Stair Lake Montcalm Rd, Howard City Ml 49329 Winter 1985 p.1002
None → 1983 · 5 editions WD8ABE · class G
Richard E Stair 2036 Holiday Dr ~w, Wyoming, MI 49509 None p.879, Winter 1978 p.769, Winter 1979 p.322, Winter 1982 p.925, Winter 1983 p.957