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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)
WD8RIB HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WD8RIB was last held in the 1990s (license expired Nov 8, 2004), 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
WD8RIB 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 May 12, 1995 → Oct 27, 1996 · 4 discs WD8RIB
· General · issued Nov 8, 1994, expires Nov 8, 2004
GORDON D STEWART
4899 CENTER RD, BRUNSWICK, OH 44212
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs WD8RIB
· General · issued Jan 18, 1985, expires Jan 18, 1995
GORDON D STEWART
4999 CENTER RD, BRUNSWICK, OH 44212
WD8RIB 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 WD8RIB · class G
Gordon D Stewart 4999 Center Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212 1994 p.1528
1983 · 1 edition WD8RIB · class G
Anthony J Armstrong 12045 Wincanton Dr, Cincinnati, OH 44212 Winter 1983 p.1049
1980 → 1982 · 3 editions WD8RIB · class G
Gordon D Stewart 4999 Center Rd, Brunswick, OH 44212 Winter 1980 p.967, 1981 p.905, Winter 1982 p.1015