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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)
WN8MEA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 11, 2001.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 11, 2001
Previous holder: WILLIAM E LAUTERBACH JR
Held WN8MEA Jul 17, 1996 → Feb 10, 1999
· first licensed Dec 27, 1988 as WD8DWM
· 2 licenses · FRN 0011211695 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1972 as WN8MEA, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: , None → Horton, MI
WA8MEAActiveGeneral · vanityFeb 10, 1999 → expires Feb 10, 2029
WN8MEACanceledGeneralJul 17, 1996 → Feb 10, 1999 (canceled)
Licensee
WILLIAM E LAUTERBACH JR
Address
Last granted
Effective
Last action
Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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 Apr 7, 1999 · 1 disc WA8MEA
· General · issued Feb 10, 1999, expires Feb 10, 2009
· previously WN8MEA(Technician)
WILLIAM E LAUTERBACH JR
PO BOX 66, HANOVER, MI 49241
Seen Oct 27, 1996 → Nov 11, 1998 · 4 discs WN8MEA
· General · issued Jul 17, 1996, expires Jul 17, 2006
· previously WD8DWM(Technician)
WILLIAM E LAUTERBACH JR
PO BOX 66, HANOVER, MI 49241
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 21, 1996 · 6 discs WD8DWM
· General · issued Dec 27, 1988, expires Dec 27, 1998
WILLIAM E LAUTERBACH JR
8751 CROSS RD, HORTON, MI 49246
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Apr 16, 2022 → Oct 4, 2026 · 13 snapshots · as WA8MEA
WILLIAM E LAUTERBACH JR
PO Box 5 HORTON, MI 49246
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.
1972 → 1974 · 3 editions WN8MEA · class N
William E Lauterbach Jr 100 Luther Blvd Winter 1972 p.540, Winter 1973 p.540, Winter 1974 p.536
1966 · 1 edition WN8MEA
Victor A. Moss 1 1836 Todd Rd Manhattan 66502 K.\ns Spring 1966 p.32
None · 1 edition WN8MEA · class N
William E Lauterbach Jr 100 Luther Blvd None p.506
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WN8MEA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WN8MEA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.