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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)
WD8RAO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WD8RAO was last held in the 1990s (license expired Feb 22, 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
WD8RAO 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 WD8RAO
· Advanced · issued Feb 22, 1985, expires Feb 22, 1995
S WALLACE SMITH
4607 W 58TH ST, CLEVELAND, OH 44144
WD8RAO 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.
1994 · 1 edition WD8RAO
S Wallace Smith Silent Key Winter 1994 p.1528
1981 → 1983 · 3 editions WD8RAO · class A
S Wallace Smith 4607 W 58th St, Cleveland, OH 44144 Winter 1981 p.976, Winter 1982 p.1014, Winter 1983 p.1047
1980 · 1 edition WD8RAO · class T
S Wallace Smith 4607 W 58th S, Cleveland, OH 44144 Winter 1980 p.966
None → 1979 · 2 editions WD8RAO · class N
S Wallace Smith 4607 W 58th St, Cleveland, OH 44144 None p.969, Winter 1979 p.907