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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)
WD8APY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 1, 2008.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Aug 1, 2008
Previous holder: RICHARD M RINARD
Held WD8APY Sep 30, 1986 → Jul 31, 2006
· first licensed Sep 30, 1986 as WD8APY
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WD8APY, before the FCC's online records
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 27, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 13 discs WD8APY
· Technician Plus · issued Jul 31, 1996, expires Jul 31, 2006
RICHARD M. RINARD
2546 CO RD 37, LAKEVILLE, OH 44638
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 21, 1996 · 4 discs WD8APY
· Technician Plus · issued Sep 30, 1986, expires Sep 30, 1996
RICHARD M RINARD
2546 CO RD 37, LAKEVILLE, OH 44638
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD8APY
· Technician · issued Sep 30, 1986, expires Sep 30, 1996
RICHARD M RINARD
2546 CO RD 37, LAKEVILLE, OH 44638
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 18, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as WD8APY
RICHARD M RINARD
2546 CO RD 37, LAKEVILLE, OH 44638
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 WD8APY · class T
Richard M Rinard 2546 Co Rd 37, Lakeville Oh 4638 1994 p.1427
1993 · 1 edition WD8APY · class G
Roy E Cunningham Jr Box 843, Bridgeport, NE 69336 1993 p.5
1992 · 1 edition WD8APY · class T
Richard M Rinard 2546 Co Rd 3(, Lakeville, OH 44638 1992 p.1235
1991 · 1 edition WD8APY · class T
Eugene Wblazer 1722 Kinsmore, Fort Wayne, IN 46809 Winter 1991 p.1183
1987 · 1 edition WD8APY · class T
Richard Mrinard 254b Co Rd 37 Rt 1, Lakeville Winter 1987 p.1026
1986 · 1 edition WD8APY · class T
Richard Mrinard 1546 Co Rd 37 Rt 1, Lakeville, OH 44638 Winter 1986 p.1008
1985 · 1 edition WD8APY · class T
Richard M Rinard 254b Co Rd 37 Rt !, Lakeville Oh 44bjb, OH 44072 Winter 1985 p.1007
1984 · 1 edition WD8APY · class G
Roy E Cunningham Jr 1209 5th Ave Box 21 Winter 1984 p.7
1983 · 1 edition WD8APY · class T
Richard M Rinard 2546 Co Rd 37 Rt 1, Lakeville, OH 44638 Winter 1983 p.962
1977 → 1981 · 4 editions WD8APY · class T
Richard M Rinard 2546 Co Rd 37-Rfd 1, Lakeville, OH 44638 Winter 1977 p.556, Winter 1979 p.837, Winter 1980 p.890, 1981 p.826
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD8APY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD8APY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.