🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 3, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CST
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)
KE9ADF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 13, 2026.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 13, 2026
Previous holder: William Smith
Held KE9ADF Mar 23, 2024 → Apr 12, 2024
· first licensed Mar 29, 1985 as K9ZFI
· 2 licenses · FRN 0035141605 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1970 as K9ZFI, before the FCC's online records
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 May 12, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 16 discs K9ZFI
· General · issued Jan 10, 1995, expires Jan 10, 2005
RICHARD D. SMITH
7429 106TH AVE W, TAYLOR RIDGE, IL 61284
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs K9ZFI
· General · issued Mar 29, 1985, expires Mar 29, 1995
RICHARD D SMITH
7429 106TH AVE W, TAYLOR RIDGE, IL 61284
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Apr 27, 2024 → Nov 1, 2026 · 32 snapshots · as KE9ADF
William Smith
10126 81ST ST W, Taylor Ridge, IL 61284
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KE9ADF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KE9ADF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.