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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)
KA8ZRU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — KA8ZRU was last held in the 1990s (license expired Jun 3, 1996), 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
KA8ZRU 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 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs KA8ZRU
· Novice · issued Jun 3, 1986, expires Jun 3, 1996
JOHN W CLARK
32 E BAKER RD, HOPE, MI 48628
KA8ZRU 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.
1994 · 1 edition KA8ZRU · class N
John W Clark 32 E Baker Rd, Hope, MI 48628 1994 p.1570
1987 · 1 edition KA8ZRU · class N
John W Clark 31 E Baker Rd, Hope Ml 48b28 Winter 1987 p.1135