Confidence: Medium · Source: FCC ULS · As of 2026-09-12
W4DBG callsign genealogy
Currently held by TIPPEY, JAMES M
The FCC publishes a previous_call_sign on
every amateur license — a self-link to the licensee's prior callsign.
Following those links produces the chain below.
Previous callsigns
Older callsigns held by W4DBG's current licensee, walking backwards.
- Gooden, Douglas BALgranted 2012-04-05cancelled 2012-04-24
Successor callsigns
Callsigns held now by people who previously held W4DBG.
No current licensee on record previously held this callsign.
All historical holders
Every license row we've seen with the callsign W4DBG, oldest first.
- TIPPEY, JAMES M WA1997-05-19 → cancelled 2009-05-20
- Gooden, Douglas B AL2022-05-26 active