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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)
WD8BWV HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WD8BWV was last held in the 1990s (license expired Dec 20, 1993), 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
WD8BWV 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 Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 21, 1996 · 4 discs WD8BWV
· Technician Plus · issued Dec 20, 1983, expires Dec 20, 1993
RALPH S ROGERS
13043 COOPERMEADOW LN, MONTGOMERY, OH 45242
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD8BWV
· Technician · issued Dec 20, 1983, expires Dec 20, 1993
RALPH S ROGERS
13043 COOPERMEADOW LN, MONTGOMERY, OH 45242
WD8BWV 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.
1985 → 1994 · 2 editions WD8BWV · class T
Ralph S Ro9ers 13043 Coopermeadow Ln, Montgomery, OH 45141 Winter 1985 p.1014, 1994 p.1435
1984 · 1 edition WD8BWV · class N
Florence L Lyman Rr 2, Bel Plaine, IA 52208 Winter 1984 p.15
1981 → 1983 · 2 editions WD8BWV · class T
Ralph S Rogers 7425 Baywind Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45242 1981 p.836, Winter 1983 p.971
1980 · 1 edition WD8BWV · class T
Ralph S Rogers 742s Baywind Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45242 Winter 1980 p.899
None → 1979 · 2 editions WD8BWV · class T
Ralph S Rogers 7425 Baywind Dr, Cincinnati None p.892, Winter 1979 p.338