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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)
KA9RFU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — KA9RFU was last held in the 1990s (license expired Aug 31, 1994), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
KA9RFU in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc KA9RFU
· Technician · issued Aug 31, 1984, expires Aug 31, 1994
ERIC D NIXON
304 E 7TH ST, NORTH MANCHESTER, IN 46962
KA9RFU 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.
1994 → 1995 · 2 editions KA9RFU · class T
· later N9VPY
Eric D Nixon 304 E 7th Street, North Manchester, IN 46962 1994 p.1668, Winter 1995 p.1775
1991 · 1 edition KA9RFU · class T
Eric D Nixon 304 E Ith Street, North Manchester, IN 46962 Winter 1991 p.1390
1987 → 1990 · 3 editions KA9RFU · class T
Eric D Nixon 304 E 7th Street, North Manchester, IN 46962 Winter 1987 p.1212, Winter 1988 p.1243, Winter 1990 p.1281
1985 · 1 edition KA9RFU · class T
Eric D Irnn 304 E 7th Street, Orth Manchester In 4b9b1 Winter 1985 p.1201