🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 12, 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)
KA9BGO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 3, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Aug 3, 2000
Previous holder: ARTHUR H HELD
Held KA9BGO Aug 2, 1988 → Aug 2, 1998
· first licensed Aug 2, 1988 as KA9BGO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as KA9BGO, before the FCC's online records
KA9BGOExpiredTechnician PlusAug 2, 1988 → Aug 2, 1998 (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 31, 1994 → May 2, 2000 · 11 discs KA9BGO
· Technician Plus · issued Aug 2, 1988, expires Aug 2, 1998
ARTHUR H. HELD
215 HICKORY CT, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs KA9BGO
· Technician · issued Aug 2, 1988, expires Aug 2, 1998
ARTHUR H HELD
215 HICKORY CT, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062
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 KA9BGO
ARTHUR H HELD
215 HICKORY CT, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062
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.
1989 → 1991 · 3 editions KA9BGO · class T
Arthur H Held 215 Hickory Ct, Northbrook, IL 60062 Winter 1989 p.1196, Winter 1990 p.1213, Winter 1991 p.1315
1988 · 1 edition KA9BGO · class T
Arthur H Held 115 Hickory Ct, Northbrook, IL 60062 Winter 1988 p.1177
1985 → 1987 · 3 editions KA9BGO · class T
Arthur Hheld 215 Hickory Ct, Northbrook, IL 60061 Winter 1985 p.1127, Winter 1986 p.1125, Winter 1987 p.1144
1984 · 1 edition KA9BGO · class T
Arthur H Id 115 Hickory Ct, Northbrook Il Boobz Winter 1984 p.1125
1980 → 1983 · 4 editions KA9BGO · class T
Arthur H Held 215 Hickory Ct, Northbrook Il 6-0062 Winter 1980 p.1002, 1981 p.938, Winter 1982 p.1048, Winter 1983 p.1081
1979 · 1 edition KA9BGO · class N
Arthur H • 215 H~ko~ Ci. ~brook , IL 60062 Winter 1979 p.436
None · 1 edition KA9BGO · class T
Arthur H Held 215 Hickory Ct, Northbrook, IL 60062 None p.1001
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA9BGO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA9BGO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.