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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)
KA9DCQ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 25, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 25, 2006
Previous holder: MERRILL F KOTTMEIER
Held KA9DCQ Dec 16, 1983 → Oct 24, 2004
· first licensed Dec 16, 1983 as KA9DCQ
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as KA9DCQ, before the FCC's online records
KA9DCQExpiredNoviceDec 16, 1983 → Oct 24, 2004 (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 → Apr 17, 2003 · 17 discs KA9DCQ
· Novice · issued Oct 24, 1994, expires Oct 24, 2004
MERRILL F. KOTTMEIER
200 LAKE BLVD, BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs KA9DCQ
· Novice · issued Dec 16, 1983, expires Dec 16, 1993
MERRILL F KOTTMEIER
200E LAKE BLVD APT 448, BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60090
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 KA9DCQ
MERRILL F KOTTMEIER
200 LAKE BLVD, BUFFALO GROVE, IL 60089
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.
1988 · 1 edition KA9DCQ · class N
Merrill F Kottmeier 100 E Lake Blvd Apt 448, A Henry C Pollock, 5149 Glen Echo Ave, Sarasota, FL 34134 Winter 1988 p.1186
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA9DCQ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA9DCQ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.