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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)
KA8ILU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — KA8ILU was last held in the 1990s (license expired Jun 4, 1995), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
2x3 call: any licensee 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
KA8ILU 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 KA8ILU
· General · issued Jun 4, 1985, expires Jun 4, 1995
JOE I NISBET
9139 MARY HAYNES DR, CENTERVILLE, OH 45459
KA8ILU 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.
1983 → 1994 · 5 editions KA8ILU · class G
Joe I Nisbet 9139 Mary Haynes Dr, Centerville Oh _., 45459 ... Winter 1983 p.1005, Winter 1985 p.1049, Winter 1988 p.1102, Winter 1991 p.1233, 1994 p.1473
1982 · 1 edition KA8ILU · class N
Joe I Nisbe4 9139 Mary Haynes Dr Centerville, OH 45459 Winter 1982 p.974
1981 · 1 edition KA8ILU · class N
Joe I: Nisbet 9139 Mary Haynes ‘dr, Centerville, OH 45459 Winter 1981 p.940