🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 8, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT
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)
WD8RXR HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 10, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 10, 2000
Previous holder: WALTER J MC DONALD
Held WD8RXR May 5, 1987 → Dec 9, 1998
· first licensed May 5, 1987 as WD8RXR
· 2 licenses · FRN 0001558915 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WD8RXR, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: , None → Shelbyville, MI
W8RXRActiveAmateur Extra · vanityDec 9, 1998 → expires Dec 9, 2028
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, 2000 → Apr 17, 2003 · 6 discs W8RXR
· Amateur Extra · issued Jun 1, 2000, expires Dec 9, 2008
· previously WD8RXR
WALTER J. MC DONALD .
4282 LYNDEN RD, SHELBYVILLE, MI 49344
Seen Apr 7, 1999 → May 2, 2000 · 3 discs W8RXR
· Advanced · issued Dec 9, 1998, expires Dec 9, 2008
· previously WD8RXR(General)
WALTER J. MC DONALD .
4282 LYNDEN RD, SHELBYVILLE, MI 49344
Seen Apr 4, 1997 → Nov 11, 1998 · 3 discs WD8RXR
· Advanced · issued Mar 25, 1997, expires Mar 6, 2007
WALTER J MC DONALD
4282 LYNDEN RD, SHELBYVILLE, MI 49344
Seen Apr 21, 1996 → Oct 27, 1996 · 2 discs WD8RXR
· Technician Plus · issued Feb 20, 1996, expires May 5, 1997
WALTER J MC DONALD
4282 LYNDEN RD, SHELBYVILLE, MI 49344
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs WD8RXR
· Novice · issued May 5, 1987, expires May 5, 1997
WALTER J MC DONALD
4282 LYNDEN RD, SHELBYVILLE, MI 49344
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as WD8RXR
WALTER J MC DONALD
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as W8RXR
WALTER J MC DONALD
4282 LYNDEN RD, SHELBYVILLE, MI 49344
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.
1996 · 1 edition WD8RXR · class N
Walter J Mc Donald< 4182 Linden R~ Shelbyvil~ Winter 1996 p.1717
1994 · 1 edition WD8RXR · class N
Walter J Mc Donald 4282 Lynden Rd, Shelbyville Ml 49344 1994 p.1532
1993 · 1 edition WD8RXR · class N
Walter J Mc Donald 4181 Lynden Rd, Shelbyville Ml 49j44 1993 p.1447
1981 → 1983 · 2 editions WD8RXR · class N
Walter J Mc Donald 12610 Marsh Rd, Shelbyville 1981 p.908, Winter 1983 p.1051
1980 · 1 edition WD8RXR · class N
Walter J Mc Donald 4282 Lynden Rd, Shelbyville Ml 49344 Winter 1980 p.970
None · 1 edition WD8RXR · class N
Walter Jmc Donald 12610 Marsh Rd, Shelbyville None p.972
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD8RXR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD8RXR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.