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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)
W3PZK HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 23, 2007.
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 Nov 23, 2007
Previous holder: ROBERT W BALCOM
Held W3PZK Dec 17, 1985 → Nov 22, 2005
· first licensed Dec 17, 1985 as W3PZK
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1950 as W3PZK, before the FCC's online records
W3PZKExpiredAmateur ExtraDec 17, 1985 → Nov 22, 2005 (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 Apr 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs W3PZK
· Amateur Extra · issued Nov 22, 1995, expires Nov 22, 2005
ROBERT W. BALCOM
5706 SURREY ST, CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs W3PZK
· Amateur Extra · issued Dec 17, 1985, expires Dec 17, 1995
ROBERT W BALCOM
5706 SURREY ST, CHEVY CHASE, MD 20015
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 · 49 snapshots · as W3PZK
ROBERT W BALCOM
5706 SURREY ST, CHEVY CHASE, MD 20815
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 W3PZK
Robert W Balcom Silent Kev Wa3 Af T Harry E Mc Guigan 2b Rampart W, Edia, PA 19063 1997 p.523
1991 → 1994 · 2 editions W3PZK · class E
Robert W Balcom 5706 Surrey St, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Winter 1991 p.403, 1994 p.471
1989 → 1990 · 2 editions W3PZK · class E
Robert W Balcom 5706 Surrey Si, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Winter 1989 p.378, Winter 1990 p.378
1987 · 1 edition W3PZK · class E
Robert W Balcom 5706 Surrey St, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 Winter 1987 p.374
1982 · 1 edition W3PZK · class E
Robert W Balcom 5706-Surrey St Che!.f Chase, MD 20015 Winter 1982 p.353
1981 · 1 edition W3PZK · class E
Robert W Balcom 5706 Surrey St, Chevy Chase Winter 1981 p.343
1981 · 1 edition W3PZK · class E
Robert W Balcom 5706 Agli A St, Chevy Chase, MD 20015 1981 p.276
1961 → 1980 · 16 editions W3PZK · class E
Robert W. Balcom 5706 Surrey St, Chevy Chase, MD 20015 Fall 1961 p.213, Fall 1962 p.199, Summer 1963 p.205, Summer 1965 p.197, Fall 1967 p.213, Summer 1968 p.218, Summer 1969 p.213, Spring 1970 p.218, Winter 1971 p.209, Fall 1971 p.210, Winter 1974 p.205, Winter 1975 p.201, Winter 1976 p.204, Winter 1977 p.218, Winter 1979 p.328, Winter 1980 p.341
1961 · 1 edition W3PZK
Robert W 8alc0m* 5706 Surrey St# Spring 1961 p.204
1960 · 1 edition W3PZK
Robert W. Balcom 5706 Surrey St Winter 1960 p.204
1958 · 1 edition W3PZK
R O B E R T W. B A L C O M 5 7 0 6 S U R R E Y St Summer 1958 p.167
1957 · 1 edition W3PZK
Robert W. Balcom 5706 Surrey St., Chevy Chase 15, MD Fall 1957 p.180
1956 · 1 edition W3PZK
Robert W. Balcom 5'106 Surrey St., Chevy Chase 15, MD Spring 1956 p.133
1950 → 1955 · 6 editions W3PZK
Robert W. Balcom 406 Surrey St., Chevy Chase 15, MD Summer 1950 p.90, Spring 1951 p.116, Fall 1953 p.122, Spring 1954 p.124, Fall 1954 p.113, Fall 1955 p.145
None · 1 edition W3PZK · class E
Robert W Balcom 5706 Surrey St, Chevy Chase None p.180
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W3PZK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W3PZK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.