N9TPB
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🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 19, 2026) · next update today 9:45 am CDT
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HAMs within 5 miles of N9TPB · Extra class operators in Madison, WI · or try N9TPB · K9* wildcards · Smith, John · 0004797601 (FRN) · 53703 · Madison, WI · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)K8ZKU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 19, 2006.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Jan 19, 2006
Previous holder: ROBERT W STRATFORD
Held K8ZKU Apr 12, 1988 → Jan 18, 2004
· first licensed Apr 12, 1988 as K8ZKU
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as K8ZKU, before the FCC's online records
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- Licensee
- ROBERT W STRATFORD
- Address
- 3849 44TH ST SW
GRANDVILLE, MI 49418
- Last granted
- Jan 18, 1994
- Effective
- Jan 18, 1994
- Last action
- Jan 19, 2006
FCC actions (1)
- Jan 19, 2006 — License expired LIEXP
Callbook Records, 1993–2003
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
- Seen May 3, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 18 discs
K8ZKU · General · issued Jan 18, 1994, expires Jan 18, 2004
ROBERT W. STRATFORD
3849 44TH ST SW, GRANDVILLE, MI 49418 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc
K8ZKU · General · issued Apr 12, 1988, expires Apr 12, 1998
ROBERT W STRATFORD
2258 RIDGECROFT SE, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49506
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
- Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 18, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as K8ZKU
ROBERT W STRATFORD
3849 44TH ST SW, GRANDVILLE, MI 49418
K8ZKU in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.
- 1987 → 1994 · 4 editions
K8ZKU · class G
Robert W Stratford
115b Ridgecroft Se, Grand Rapids Ml 49506
Winter 1987 p.1133, Winter 1992 p.1361, Winter 1993 p.1478, 1994 p.1569 - 1986 · 1 edition
K8ZKU · class G
Robert Wstratford
1158 Ridg<Eroft Se, Grand Rapids Ml 49506
Winter 1986 p.1115 - 1984 · 1 edition
K8ZKU · class G
Robert W Stratford
1158 Rid~croft Se, Grand Rapids Mi 4950& G Stephen A Sadler, B4jl E Mineral Pl, Nglewood, CO 80111
Winter 1984 p.1113 - 1975 → 1983 · 5 editions
K8ZKU · class G
Robert W Stratford
2258 Ridgecroft Se, Grand Rapids
Winter 1975 p.560, Winter 1976 p.571, Winter 1979 p.423, 1981 p.926, Winter 1983 p.1070 - 1974 · 1 edition
K8ZKU
G Robe— Soatiorys 2258 Ridgecroft Se
1974 p.535 - None → 1973 · 6 editions
K8ZKU · class G
Robertwww Stratford
2258 Ridgecroft Se, Grand Rapids
None p.535, Fall 1967 p.546, Winter 1971 p.559, Fall 1971 p.560, Winter 1972 p.566, Winter 1973 p.566
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K8ZKU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K8ZKU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.