N9TPB
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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)W0BGK HAM
✅ Never issued — W0BGK isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested May 12, 2000 as choice 23: not granted, that applicant got K0ENT instead.
Last requested May 12, 2000 as choice 23: not granted, that applicant got K0ENT instead.
The FCC has no record of W0BGK ever being issued.
W0BGK 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.
- 1971 → 1973 · 2 editions
W0BGK · class A · later W0NY
John R Kersten
717 Crest Av, Fort Dodge 50501 Ia
Fall 1971 p.6, Winter 1973 p.5 - 1969 · 1 edition
W0BGK · class A
John R . K E R S T E N
7 1 7 C R E S T A V, Fort Dodge
Summer 1969 p.4 - 1958 → 1964 · 4 editions
W0BGK
John R. Kersten
1120 Cooper Drive, Fort Dodge, IA
Summer 1958 p.4, Spring 1959 p.3, Spring 1961 p.4, Fall 1964 p.4 - 1957 · 1 edition
W0BGK
John R. Kersten
1120 Cooper Dfive, Fort Dodge, IA
Fall 1957 p.37 - 1955 · 1 edition
W0BGK
John R . K E R S T E N
1120 C O O P E R D R I V E, F O R T Dodge, IA
Fall 1955 p.22 - 1953 → 1954 · 2 editions
W0BGK
John R. Kersten
1120 Cooper Drive, Fort Dodge, IA
Fall 1953 p.20, Fall 1954 p.2 - 1952 · 1 edition
W0BGK
John R. Kersten
820 Watson, Topeka, KS
Fall 1952 p.20 - 1948 → 1950 · 3 editions
W0BGK
John R. Kersten
712 Snell Place, Fort Dodge, IA
Fall 1948 p.24, Summer 1949 p.3, Summer 1950 p.3 - 1947 · 1 edition
W0BGK
John Kersten
712 Snell Pi., Ft. Dodge, IA
Fall 1947 p.2
Others Requesting W0BGK
1 application listed W0BGK as a choice, newest first.
| Filed | Award | Applicant | Choice # | W0BGK | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2000 | May 30, 2000 | WB9PMV · GARY W KENT · MARION, IA | 23 | Not granted | They got K0ENT (choice 2) |