🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 9:42 am CDT (FCC files through Sep 30, 2026) · next update today 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
WS8SW HAM
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Not available yet — opens for vanity requests
Mar 4, 2028 , two years after the license was canceled (Mar 3, 2026).
2x2 call: Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
📬 QSL:
LoTW user , last upload Nov 14, 2017
· not eQSL AG
Not currently held
· 2 holders on record
Previous holder: Ohio POTA & Portable Radio Club
Held WS8SW Apr 9, 2021 → Mar 3, 2026
· first licensed Mar 22, 2021 as KE8RLX
· 3 licenses · FRN 0030489025
KO8HIO
Active
Club / other · vanity
Mar 3, 2026 → expires Mar 3, 2036
Licensee Ohio POTA & Portable Radio Club
Address Attn: MICHAEL GONZALEZ PO Box 686 Mantua, OH 44255
41.2867, -81.2291 (ZIP center) · Grid
EN91jg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
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FRN 0030489025
Previous call WS8SW
Trustee KP4VZ
Last granted Mar 3, 2026
Effective Mar 9, 2026
Last action Mar 9, 2026
FCC actions (3)
Mar 9, 2026 — Administrative update LIAUA Mar 3, 2026 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Mar 3, 2026 — License issued LIISS
WS8SW
Canceled
Club / other · vanity
Apr 9, 2021 → Mar 3, 2026 (canceled)
Licensee Radioaficionado Network
Address Attn: MICHAEL GONZALEZ PO Box 686 Mantua, OH 44255
41.2867, -81.2291 (ZIP center) · Grid
EN91jg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
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FRN 0030489025
Previous call KE8RLX
Trustee KP4VZ
Last granted Apr 9, 2021
Effective Apr 9, 2021
Last action Mar 3, 2026
FCC actions (3)
Mar 3, 2026 — License canceled LICAN Apr 9, 2021 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Apr 9, 2021 — License issued LIISS
KE8RLX
Canceled
Club / other
Mar 22, 2021 → Apr 9, 2021 (canceled)
Licensee Radioaficionado Network
Address Attn: MICHAEL GONZALEZ PO Box 686 Mantua, OH 44255
41.2867, -81.2291 (ZIP center) · Grid
EN91jg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
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FRN 0030489025
Trustee KP4VZ
Last granted Mar 22, 2021
Effective Mar 22, 2021
Last action Apr 9, 2021
FCC actions (3)
Apr 9, 2021 — License canceled LICAN Mar 22, 2021 — License issued LIISS Mar 22, 2021 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Apr 16, 2022 → Sep 27, 2026 · 25 snapshots · as KE8RLX
Radioaficionado Network
Attn: MICHAEL GONZALEZ PO Box 686 Mantua, OH 44255
41.2867, -81.2291 (ZIP center) · Grid
EN91jg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
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Previous holder: Steven W Weeks
Held WS8SW Sep 1, 2017 → Nov 3, 2017
· first licensed Aug 14, 2017 as AC8ZN
· 3 licenses · FRN 0026655035
AA8SW
Active
Amateur Extra · vanity
Nov 3, 2017 → expires Nov 3, 2027
Licensee Steven W Weeks
Address 3560 Traskwood Cir Cincinnati, OH 45208
39.1415, -84.4079 (street) · Grid
EM79td · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
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FRN 0026655035
Previous call WS8SW
Last granted Nov 3, 2017
Effective Nov 3, 2017
Last action Nov 3, 2017
FCC actions (2)
Nov 3, 2017 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Nov 3, 2017 — License issued LIISS
WS8SW
Canceled
Amateur Extra · vanity
Sep 1, 2017 → Nov 3, 2017 (canceled)
Licensee Steven W Weeks
Address 3560 Traskwood Cir Cincinnati, OH 45208
39.1415, -84.4079 (street) · Grid
EM79td · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
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FRN 0026655035
Previous call AC8ZN
Last granted Sep 1, 2017
Effective Sep 1, 2017
Last action Mar 13, 2024
FCC actions (3)
Nov 3, 2017 — License canceled LICAN Sep 1, 2017 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Sep 1, 2017 — License issued LIISS
AC8ZN
Canceled
Amateur Extra
Aug 14, 2017 → Sep 1, 2017 (canceled)
Licensee Steven W Weeks
Address 3560 Traskwood Cir Cincinnati, OH 45208
39.1415, -84.4079 (street) · Grid
EM79td · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
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FRN 0026655035
Last granted Aug 14, 2017
Effective Aug 14, 2017
Last action Sep 1, 2017
FCC actions (3)
Sep 1, 2017 — License canceled LICAN Aug 14, 2017 — License issued LIISS Aug 14, 2017 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Sep 5, 2017 → Sep 27, 2026 · 56 snapshots · as AC8ZN
Steven W Weeks
3560 Traskwood Cir, Cincinnati, OH 45208
39.1415, -84.4079 (street) · Grid
EM79td · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
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Others requesting WS8SW
7 applications listed WS8SW as a choice, newest first.
Filed Award Applicant Choice # Status
Mar 22, 2021
Apr 9, 2021
KE8RLX · Radioaficionado Network · Mantua, OH
1 Granted Feb 12, 2021
Mar 2, 2021
KC8EHD · WAYNE R MC BRIDE · HINTON, WV
6 Granted Nov 20, 2020
Dec 8, 2020
KE8JIT · David R Beam · Morgantown, WV
2 Granted Nov 6, 2019
Nov 24, 2019
KE8MFN · Bryan J Horne · Ripley, WV
15 Granted Aug 14, 2017
Sep 1, 2017
AC8ZN · Steven W Weeks · Cincinnati, OH
1 Granted Aug 27, 2007
Sep 14, 2007
KD8DFI · Stacey G Wilczynski · Toledo, OH
4 Granted Feb 28, 2000
Mar 17, 2000
N8NAU · RICHARD S WALKER JR · WEST SALEM, OH
2 Granted
📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WS8SW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WS8SW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.
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