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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)
WD8LKU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 21, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Apr 21, 2000 as choice 3:
not granted, that applicant got W8LKU instead.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jun 21, 2007
Previous holder: RICHARD L ADAMS
Held WD8LKU Sep 10, 1985 → Jun 20, 2005
· first licensed Sep 10, 1985 as WD8LKU
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WD8LKU, before the FCC's online records
WD8LKUExpiredNoviceSep 10, 1985 → Jun 20, 2005 (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 Oct 26, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 15 discs WD8LKU
· Novice · issued Jun 20, 1995, expires Jun 20, 2005
RICHARD L. ADAMS
738 HIGH ST, NELSONVILLE, OH 45764
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 12, 1995 · 4 discs WD8LKU
· Novice · issued Sep 10, 1985, expires Sep 10, 1995
RICHARD L ADAMS
738 HIGH ST, NELSONVILLE, OH 45764
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 WD8LKU
RICHARD L ADAMS
738 HIGH ST, NELSONVILLE, OH 45764
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 WD8LKU · class N
Richard L Adams 738 High St, Nelsonville, OH 45764 1994 p.1492
1987 · 1 edition WD8LKU · class N
Richard L Adams 73b Hifh St, Nelsonville Oh 457b4 Winter 1987 p.1078
1985 · 1 edition WD8LKU · class N
Richard L Adams 738 Hit St, Nelsonville Dh 45764 Winter 1985 p.1063
1980 → 1983 · 4 editions WD8LKU · class N
Richard L Adams 738 High St, Nelsonville, OH 45764 Winter 1980 p.943, 1981 p.883, Winter 1982 p.990, Winter 1983 p.1020
1979 · 1 edition WD8LKU · class N
Richard L Adams!" 738 High St Nelsonville, OH 45764 Winter 1979 p.883
Others Requesting WD8LKU
1 application listed WD8LKU as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD8LKU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD8LKU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.