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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)
KA9IQW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 4, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 4, 2000
Previous holder: LESLIE J RAFFEL
Held KA9IQW Apr 27, 1993 → Mar 3, 1998
· first licensed Apr 27, 1993 as KA9IQW
· 2 licenses · FRN 0017177700 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1983 as KA9IQW, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: , None → Gurnee, IL
W9IMActiveAmateur Extra · vanityMar 3, 1998 → expires Mar 3, 2028
KA9IQWCanceledAmateur ExtraApr 27, 1993 → Mar 3, 1998 (canceled)
Licensee
LESLIE J RAFFEL
Address
Last granted
Effective
Last action
Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs W9IM
· Amateur Extra · issued Mar 3, 1998, expires Mar 3, 2008
· previously KA9IQW(Advanced)
LESLIE J. RAFFEL
4000 PORETT DR, GURNEE, IL 60031
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.
1983 · 1 edition KA9IQW · class T
Leslie J Raffel 410 N Oakley Blvd, Chicago, IL 60612 Winter 1983 p.1121
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA9IQW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA9IQW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.