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)KA9MFU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 20, 2019.
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 May 20, 2019
Previous holder: John W Drake
Held KA9MFU Sep 29, 1987 → May 19, 2017
· first licensed Sep 29, 1987 as KA9MFU
· 1 license · FRN 0016153041
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1985 as KA9MFU, before the FCC's online records
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- Licensee
- John W Drake
- Address
- Attn: John W. Drake
4075 Glacier Hills Drive South
Ann Arbor, MI 48105-3652
- FRN
- 0016153041
- Last granted
- Feb 26, 2007
- Effective
- Jan 27, 2017
- Last action
- May 21, 2019
FCC actions (4)
- May 21, 2019 — License expired LIEXP
- Jan 27, 2017 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Feb 26, 2007 — License renewed LIREN
- Feb 26, 2007 — FCC action LITIN
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
KA9MFU · Technician Plus · issued May 19, 1997, expires May 19, 2007
JOHN W. DRAKE
3909 SOMERSET PLACE, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47906-8855 - Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 4, 1997 · 6 discs
KA9MFU · Technician Plus · issued Jul 15, 1994, expires Sep 29, 1997
JOHN W DRAKE
3909 SOMERSET PLACE, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47906-8855 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs
KA9MFU · Novice · issued Sep 29, 1987, expires Sep 29, 1997
JOHN W DRAKE
1815 WOODLAND AVE, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47906
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
- Seen Feb 15, 2017 → Oct 18, 2026 · 24 snapshots · as KA9MFU
John W Drake
Attn: John W. Drake
4075 Glacier Hills Drive South, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-3652 - Seen May 27, 2010 → Dec 31, 2016 · 25 snapshots · as KA9MFU
John W Drake
341 Riverview Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1847 - Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as KA9MFU
JOHN W DRAKE
3909 SOMERSET PLACE, WEST LAFAYETTE, IN 47906-8855
KA9MFU 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.
- 1997 · 1 edition
KA9MFU · class P
John W Drake
3909 Sammet Placo 1 West Lafay!lte, IN 47906
1997 p.1913 - 1994 · 1 edition
KA9MFU · class A
Gaylord W Trumbel
8 S Wright St, Elkhorn, WI 53121
1994 p.1645 - 1985 → 1988 · 4 editions
KA9MFU · class N
John W Drake
1815 Woodland Ave, West Lafayette, IN 47906
Winter 1985 p.1182, Winter 1986 p.1176, Winter 1987 p.1194, Winter 1988 p.1226 - 1983 · 1 edition
KA9MFU · class N
Francis E Jones
107 9th Av, Antigo 47906 W B 9 M H U G Robert L Riner, Box 133, Forsyth, IL 62535
Winter 1983 p.1136
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA9MFU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA9MFU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.