🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 18, 2026) · next update today 8:30 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)
KA9HOU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 15, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 15, 2009
Previous holder: JOEL E PENCE
Held KA9HOU May 26, 1987 → Feb 14, 2007
· first licensed May 26, 1987 as KA9HOU
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1983 as KA9HOU, before the FCC's online records
KA9HOUExpiredNoviceMay 26, 1987 → Feb 14, 2007 (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 Apr 4, 1997 → Apr 17, 2003 · 12 discs KA9HOU
· Novice · issued Feb 14, 1997, expires Feb 14, 2007
JOEL E. PENCE
728 N MARKET ST, WINAMAC, IN 46996
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs KA9HOU
· Novice · issued May 26, 1987, expires May 26, 1997
JOEL E PENCE
435 E 11TH ST, HOBART, IN 46342
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 18, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as KA9HOU
JOEL E PENCE
728 N MARKET ST, WINAMAC, IN 46996
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.
1997 · 1 edition KA9HOU · class N
Joel E Penco 4)5 E 11th Street, Hobart Jn 46341 1997 p.1883
1988 → 1996 · 3 editions KA9HOU · class N
Joel E Pence 435 E 11th Street, Hobart, IN 46341 Winter 1988 p.1209, 1995 p.1760, 1996 p.1815
1987 · 1 edition KA9HOU · class N
Joel E Pence 4js E 11th St, Hobart, IN 46341 Winter 1987 p.1176
1986 · 1 edition KA9HOU · class N
Joel E Pence 435 E 11th St, Hobart, IN 46341 Winter 1986 p.1158
1984 · 1 edition KA9HOU · class N
Joel E Pence 435 E !lth St, Hobart In 4b341 Winter 1984 p.1160
1983 · 1 edition KA9HOU · class N
Joel E Pence 435 E 11th St, Hobart, IN 46342 Winter 1983 p.1116
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA9HOU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA9HOU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.