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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)
KA1BD HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — KA1BD was last held in the 1990s (license expired Oct 27, 1997), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
2x2 call: Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
KA1BD in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs KA1BD
· Advanced · issued Oct 27, 1987, expires Oct 27, 1997
WILLIAM G WATT
28 ROBERT ST, WAKEFIELD, MA 01880
KA1BD 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.
1991 → 1994 · 2 editions KA1BD · class A
William G Watt 28 Robert St, Wakefield, MA 01880 Winter 1991 p.126, 1994 p.146
1984 · 1 edition KA1BD
A Wil§am F Fol~tt~ Wagenbacn ·41 Harkness Rd, Pellam, MA 01002 Winter 1984 p.120
1981 → 1983 · 2 editions KA1BD · class A
William G Watt 28 Robert St, Wakefield 1981 p.42, Winter 1983 p.114
1980 · 1 edition KA1BD · class A
William G Watt 2b Robert St, Wakefield, MA 01880 Winter 1980 p.106
None → 1979 · 2 editions KA1BD · class A
William G Watt 28 Robert St, Wakefield None p.42, Winter 1979 p.103