N9TPB
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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)KA9LAI HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 9, 2011.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Jan 9, 2011
Previous holder: MICHAEL J DOWNES
Held KA9LAI Feb 28, 1989 → Jan 8, 2009
· first licensed Feb 28, 1989 as KA9LAI
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1982 as KA9LAI, before the FCC's online records
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- Licensee
- MICHAEL J DOWNES
- Address
- 9905 W THOMPSON RD
WOODSTOCK, IL 60098
- Last granted
- Jan 8, 1999
- Effective
- Jan 8, 1999
- Last action
- Jan 11, 2011
FCC actions (1)
- Jan 11, 2011 — License expired LIEXP
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 Apr 7, 1999 → Apr 17, 2003 · 9 discs
KA9LAI · General · issued Jan 8, 1999, expires Jan 8, 2009
MICHAEL J. DOWNES
9905 W THOMPSON RD, WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs
KA9LAI · General · issued Feb 28, 1989, expires Feb 28, 1999
MICHAEL J DOWNES
9905 W THOMPSON RD, WOODSTOCK, IL 60098
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 KA9LAI
MICHAEL J DOWNES
9905 W THOMPSON RD, WOODSTOCK, IL 60098
KA9LAI 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.
- 1982 → 1995 · 12 editions
KA9LAI · class G
Michael J Downes
9905 W Thompson Rd, Woodstock, IL 60098
Winter 1982 p.1099, Winter 1983 p.1132, Winter 1984 p.1176, Winter 1985 p.1177, Winter 1986 p.1173, Winter 1987 p.1189, Winter 1988 p.1221, Winter 1990 p.1263, Winter 1991 p.1371, 1992 p.1428, 1994 p.1639, 1995 p.1779
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA9LAI in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA9LAI beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.