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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)
WD8LWF HAM
✅ Never issued — WD8LWF isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
The FCC has no record of WD8LWF ever being issued.
WD8LWF 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.
1983 · 1 edition WD8LWF
Gary E Sanders 151 Crestview Rd, Columbus, OH 43202 Winter 1983 p.1023
1981 → 1982 · 2 editions WD8LWF · class G
Carol A Schaefer 7512 Miami Dr, Mentor On The Lake 1981 p.885, Winter 1982 p.992
1980 · 1 edition WD8LWF · class G
Carol A Schaefer 7512 Miami 0r, Mentor On The Lake, OH 44060 Winter 1980 p.945
1978 · 1 edition WD8LWF · class T
Carol A Schaefer 7512 Miami Dr, Mentor On The Lake, OH 44060 Winter 1978 p.818