🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 18, 2026) · next update today 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)
KA9KKL HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 24, 2008.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 24, 2008
Previous holder: DAN R ESTERLINE
Held KA9KKL Apr 1, 1986 → Jan 23, 2006
· first licensed Apr 1, 1986 as KA9KKL
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1982 as KA9KKL, before the FCC's online records
KA9KKLExpiredGeneralApr 1, 1986 → Jan 23, 2006 (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 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs KA9KKL
· General · issued Jan 23, 1996, expires Jan 23, 2006
DAN R. ESTERLINE
394 SHILOH LN, ELGIN, IL 60120
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs KA9KKL
· General · issued Apr 1, 1986, expires Apr 1, 1996
DAN R ESTERLINE
394 SHILOH LN, ELGIN, IL 60120
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 KA9KKL
DAN R ESTERLINE
394 SHILOH LN, ELGIN, IL 60120
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.
1994 · 1 edition KA9KKL
N 9 K K M Fi Dan R Esterline 394 Shiioh Ln, Elgin, IL 60120 1994 p.1636
1984 → 1986 · 3 editions KA9KKL · class G
Dan R Esterline 41b Beaver Dr, Streamwood, IL 00103 Winter 1984 p.1173, Winter 1985 p.1174, Winter 1986 p.1170
1983 · 1 edition KA9KKL · class N
Dan R Esterline 418 Beaver Dr, Streamwood 60103 Winter 1983 p.1129
1982 · 1 edition KA9KKL · class N
Dan R Esterline •lb Beaver Dr, Streamwood, IL 60103 Winter 1982 p.1096
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA9KKL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA9KKL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.