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K9HQO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 7, 2008.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 7, 2008
Previous holder: JOSEPH E BELL
Held K9HQO Feb 25, 1986 → May 6, 2006
· first licensed Feb 25, 1986 as K9HQO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1959 as K9HQO, before the FCC's online records
K9HQOExpiredTechnician PlusFeb 25, 1986 → May 6, 2006 (expired)
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 Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 13 discs K9HQO
· Technician Plus · issued May 6, 1996, expires May 6, 2006
JOSEPH E. BELL
1125 E CALVERT ST, SOUTH BEND, IN 46613
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 21, 1996 · 4 discs K9HQO
· Technician Plus · issued Feb 25, 1986, expires Feb 25, 1996
JOSEPH E BELL
1125 E CALVERT ST, SOUTH BEND, IN 46613
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs K9HQO
· Technician · issued Feb 25, 1986, expires Feb 25, 1996
JOSEPH E BELL
1125 E CALVERT ST, SOUTH BEND, IN 46613
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 K9HQO
JOSEPH E BELL
1125 E CALVERT ST, SOUTH BEND, IN 46613
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.
1984 · 1 edition K9HQO · class T
Joseph E Bell 1115 E Calvert St, South Bend In 4bbl3 Winter 1984 p.1160
1981 · 1 edition K9HQO · class T
Joseph E Bell 1125 E Calvert St, S Bend 1981 p.973
1980 · 1 edition K9HQO · class T
Joseph E Bell 1125 E Ca1yert St, S Bend, IN 46613 Winter 1980 p.1036
1979 · 1 edition K9HQO · class T
S H E B E L L 1125 E Calvert St S Bend, IN 46613 Winter 1979 p.972
1977 · 1 edition K9HQO · class T
Joseph E Bell 1125 E Calvert St, S Bend 4bbl3 In Winter 1977 p.640
1969 · 1 edition K9HQO · class T
Joseph E . B E L L 5 0 9 S . M A I N St, Mishawaka 4 6 5 4 4 I N Summer 1969 p.567
1966 · 1 edition K9HQO
Joseph E. Bell.509 S.main St.mishawaka 46s44 Spring 1966 p.523
1964 · 1 edition K9HQO
J O S E P H Em B E L L 5 0 9 S . M A I N S T . M I S H A W A K A 4 6 5 4 4 Ind Fall 1964 p.511
1963 · 1 edition K9HQO
Joseph Ee Bell 58023 Elm Rd, Mishawaka I Nd Summer 1963 p.548
1962 · 1 edition K9HQO
Lane B. Anderson 2836 K I.shwaukee St, Rockford Ill Fall 1962 p.523
1959 → 1961 · 3 editions K9HQO
Joseph E. Bell 58023 Elm Rd., Mishawaka, IN Spring 1959 p.442, Spring 1961 p.511, Fall 1961 p.538
None · 1 edition K9HQO · class T
Joseph E Bell 1125 E Calvert St, South Bend None p.1036
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K9HQO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K9HQO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.