🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 12, 2026) · next update today 6:00 am CDT
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)
NR9Q HAM
Amateur Extra classlicensed since 2008 (18 yrs)NR9Q since 2010 · previously AB9XD, KC9OJQMendon, ILGrid EN40icLoTW usereQSL AG25 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Sep 10, 2030. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Sep 11, 2032.
Held NR9Q Apr 28, 1987 → Nov 4, 2006
· first licensed Apr 28, 1987 as NR9Q
· 2 licenses · FRN 0015617798 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1961 as K9ACT, before the FCC's online records
K9ACTActiveAmateur Extra · vanityNov 4, 2006 → expires Nov 4, 2026
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 NR9Q
· Amateur Extra · issued Oct 8, 1997, expires Oct 8, 2007
JOHN C. SCHMIDLING
18016 CHURCH RD, MARENGO, IL 60152
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs NR9Q
· Amateur Extra · issued Apr 28, 1987, expires Apr 28, 1997
· previously N9GHV(General)
JOHN C SCHMIDLING
4501 MOODY, CHICAGO, IL 60630
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 97 snapshots · as NR9Q
JOHN C SCHMIDLING
18016 CHURCH RD, MARENGO, IL 60152
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.
1988 → 1990 · 3 editions NR9Q · class E
John C Schmidling 4501 Moody, Chicago, IL 60630 Winter 1988 p.1240, Winter 1989 p.1258, Winter 1990 p.1278
Vanity Applications Filed by NR9Q
Calls this licensee has asked the FCC for, newest first, in their order of preference. The FCC processes applications 18 days after filing; "likely award" is our estimate from every pending application in filing order.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for NR9Q in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of NR9Q beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.