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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)
KA9EPO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — KA9EPO was last held in the 1990s (license expired Jun 28, 2006), 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
KA9EPO 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 Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 4, 1997 · 2 discs KA9EPO
· Advanced · issued Jun 28, 1996, expires Jun 28, 2006
JOHN E GERCKEN
RR 1 BOX 27, BELLFLOWER, IL 61724
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 21, 1996 · 6 discs KA9EPO
· Advanced · issued Sep 23, 1986, expires Sep 23, 1996
JOHN E GERCKEN
RR 1 BOX 27, BELLFLOWER, IL 61724
KA9EPO 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.
1991 · 1 edition KA9EPO · class N
Charles L Joosten 404 Raffel Rd, Woodstock, IL 60098 Winter 1991 p.1337
1988 → 1990 · 2 editions KA9EPO · class A
John E Gertken Rr 1 Box 27, Bel Lower, IL 61724 Winter 1988 p.1194, Winter 1990 p.1233
1987 · 1 edition KA9EPO · class G
John E Gertken Rr L Box 17, Bellflower Il &1714 Winter 1987 p.1162
1986 · 1 edition KA9EPO · class G
John E Gercken Rr I Box 27, Bellflower Il Bl724 Winter 1986 p.1143
1984 · 1 edition KA9EPO · class G
John E Gercken Rr 1 Box 17, Bellflower, IL 61714 Winter 1984 p.1146
1983 · 1 edition KA9EPO · class N
John E Gercken R R 1-Box 27, Bellflower, IL 61724 Winter 1983 p.1101
1980 → 1982 · 2 editions KA9EPO · class N
John E Gercken Pob 26, Melvin, IL 60952 Winter 1980 p.1021, Winter 1982 p.1067
None · 1 edition KA9EPO · class N
John E Gercken R R 1-Box 27, Bellflower None p.1021