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Confidence: Medium · Source: FCC ULS · As of 2026-09-14

W8GQ callsign genealogy

Currently held by Turnwald, William D

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 W8GQ's current licensee, walking backwards.

  1. KO8Mactive· E
    Bryant, WilliamMIgranted 2020-03-31
  2. W4CTFactive· T
    Fontaine, Christian TFLgranted 2024-08-02
  3. KQ4TQZcancelled· T
    Fontaine, Christian TFLgranted 2024-07-12cancelled 2024-08-02

Successor callsigns

Callsigns held now by people who previously held W8GQ.

No current licensee on record previously held this callsign.

All historical holders

Every license row we've seen with the callsign W8GQ, oldest first.

  • Peterson, Kevin R MI
    2005-11-01 → cancelled 2018-01-23
  • Turnwald, William D MI
    2018-02-10 active