Confidence: Medium · Source: FCC ULS · As of 2026-09-11
W8VIP callsign genealogy
Currently held by SPANGLER, WILLIAM L
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 W8VIP's current licensee, walking backwards.
- Tobin, Aaron LMIgranted 2015-08-14cancelled 2015-09-01
Successor callsigns
Callsigns held now by people who previously held W8VIP.
No current licensee on record previously held this callsign.
All historical holders
Every license row we've seen with the callsign W8VIP, oldest first.
- BYINGTON, RICKY A MI2003-05-13 → cancelled 2015-05-14
- Tobin, Aaron L MI2025-11-26 active
- SPANGLER, WILLIAM L— → cancelled 1998-05-28