Confidence: Medium · Source: FCC ULS · As of 2026-09-14
W8ELA callsign genealogy
Currently held by SWINEHART, JOHN J
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 W8ELA's current licensee, walking backwards.
- Atallah, Elaine LMIgranted 2015-03-11cancelled 2015-11-07
Successor callsigns
Callsigns held now by people who previously held W8ELA.
No current licensee on record previously held this callsign.
All historical holders
Every license row we've seen with the callsign W8ELA, oldest first.
- SWINEHART, JOHN J OH1997-03-21 → cancelled 2009-03-25
- Atallah, Elaine L MI2015-11-07 active