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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)
KA9PPY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 2, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 2, 2009
Previous holder: ROLLAND A MINSKE
Held KA9PPY Mar 29, 1988 → Dec 1, 2007
· first licensed Mar 29, 1988 as KA9PPY
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1984 as KA9PPY, before the FCC's online records
KA9PPYExpiredNoviceMar 29, 1988 → Dec 1, 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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs KA9PPY
· Novice · issued Dec 1, 1997, expires Dec 1, 2007
ROLLAND A. MINSKE
1461 7 HALF AVE, BARRON, WI 54812-9208
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs KA9PPY
· Novice · issued Mar 29, 1988, expires Mar 29, 1998
ROLLAND A MINSKE
BOX 94, HILLSDALE, WI 54744
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 KA9PPY
ROLLAND A MINSKE
1461 7 HALF AVE, BARRON, WI 54812-9208
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.
1985 · 1 edition KA9PPY · class N
Rolland A Mins Er Box !lb Hillsdale, WI 54744 Winter 1985 p.1195
1984 · 1 edition KA9PPY · class N
Rolland A Minske Box 136, Hillsdale, WI 54744 Winter 1984 p.1194
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA9PPY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA9PPY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.