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Ask: 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)
K9SWK HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 15, 2018.
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 Jun 15, 2018
Previous holder: WILLIAM T MC GRATH
Held K9SWK Sep 30, 1986 → Jun 14, 2016
· first licensed Sep 30, 1986 as K9SWK
· 1 license · FRN 0014905236 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1963 as K9SWK, before the FCC's online records
K9SWKExpiredGeneralSep 30, 1986 → Jun 14, 2016 (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 K9SWK
· General · issued Jun 14, 1996, expires Jun 14, 2006
WILLIAM T. MC GRATH
3537 JACKSON ST, LANSING, IL 60438
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 21, 1996 · 6 discs K9SWK
· General · issued Sep 30, 1986, expires Sep 30, 1996
WILLIAM T MC GRATH
3537 JACKSON ST, LANSING, IL 60438
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 K9SWK
WILLIAM T MC GRATH
3537 JACKSON ST, LANSING, IL 60438
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.
1980 → 1997 · 8 editions K9SWK · class G
William T. Mcgrath 3537 Jackson St, Lansing Winter 1980 p.1068, 1981 p.1006, Winter 1983 p.1157, Winter 1984 p.1204, 1994 p.1677, 1995 p.1817, 1996 p.1876, 1997 p.1949
1977 → 1979 · 2 editions K9SWK · class G
G ~rn.~·f~'mc Grath 3531 Jackson St Winter 1977 p.669, Winter 1979 p.497
1969 → 1974 · 6 editions K9SWK · class G
W I L L I A M T . Mc Grath 3 5 3 7 Jackson S T, L A N S I N G I L Wa9tba A Greg J Sieckman, 642 8 N Willow Glen L N Summer 1969 p.590, Spring 1970 p.602, Winter 1971 p.610, Fall 1971 p.611, Winter 1972 p.618, Winter 1974 p.616
1964 · 1 edition K9SWK
W I L L I A M T. M C G R A T H 3 5 3 7 J A C K S O N S T . L A N S I N G I L L Fall 1964 p.531
None → 1963 · 2 editions K9SWK · class G
William T Mc Grath 3537 Jackson St, Lansing None p.1077, Summer 1963 p.567
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K9SWK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K9SWK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.