🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 15, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT
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)
KA1QWE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 26, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 26, 2000
Previous holder:
Held KA1QWE → Feb 25, 1998
· first licensed as KA1QWE
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
KA1QWECanceledClub / other → Feb 25, 1998 (canceled)
Licensee
Address
Last granted
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Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as KA1QWE
Earlier Holders
KA1QWE 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 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs KA1QWE
· Advanced · issued Dec 1, 1987, expires Dec 1, 1997
WILLIAM M KNOWLES
1444 COMMONWEALTH AVE 1, BRIGHTON, MA 02135
KA1QWE 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.
1990 → 1994 · 2 editions KA1QWE · class A
William M Knowles 1444 Commonwealth Ave 1, Walqil T Jesse E Dow, 18 Pond St, Ayer, MA 01432 Winter 1990 p.172, 1994 p.215
1988 · 1 edition KA1QWE · class T
Bruce Wood 1053 Berea, Boulder, CO 80303 Winter 1988 p.79
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA1QWE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA1QWE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.