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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)
N9BUX HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 13, 2000.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 13, 2000
Previous holder: JOHN F HAROLD
Held N9BUX Jan 12, 1988 → Jan 12, 1998
· first licensed Jan 12, 1988 as N9BUX
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1982 as N9BUX, before the FCC's online records
N9BUXExpiredGeneralJan 12, 1988 → Jan 12, 1998 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 8, 1999 · 12 discs N9BUX
· General · issued Jan 12, 1988, expires Jan 12, 1998
JOHN F. HAROLD
4144 1/2 N KEYSTONE, CHICAGO, IL 60641
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 N9BUX
JOHN F HAROLD
4144 1/2 N KEYSTONE, CHICAGO, IL 60641
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 N9BUX · class G
John F Harold 4144 1/1 N Keystone Chicago Il B0041 1997 p.1848
1996 · 1 edition N9BUX · class G
John F Harold 4144 111 Nkeystone Chicago Winter 1996 p.1781
1995 · 1 edition N9BUX · class G
John F Harol~ 4144 1/2 N Keystone Chicago, IL 60641 1995 p.1724
1994 · 1 edition N9BUX · class G
John F Harold 4144 1/2 N Keystone, Chicago, IL 60641 1994 p.1584
1990 · 1 edition N9BUX · class G
John F Harold 4144 112 N Keystone, Chicago, IL 60641 Winter 1990 p.1217
1986 · 1 edition N9BUX · class G
John F Harold 5b00 N Sheridan, Chicago Il Bobbo Winter 1986 p.1128
1985 · 1 edition N9BUX · class G
John F Harold 5&00 N Sheridan, Chicago Il Bobbo Winter 1985 p.1130
1984 · 1 edition N9BUX · class G
John F Harold 5b00 N Sheridan, Chicago Il B0b60 Winter 1984 p.1128
1982 → 1983 · 2 editions N9BUX · class G
John F Harold 5600 N Sheridan, Chicago, IL 60660 Winter 1982 p.1051, Winter 1983 p.1085
1981 · 1 edition N9BUX · class G
Chris M Puranen 717 Marsha Dr, Kokomo, IN 46901 1981 p.939
None · 1 edition N9BUX · class G
John F Harold 5600 N Sheridan, Chicago Il Wasbwk T Dale D Veline, 2333 17th Ave, Rockford, IL 61108 None p.1005
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N9BUX in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N9BUX beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.