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W9BGU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 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 Apr 13, 2000
Previous holder: JOSEPH F HOVORKA
Held W9BGU Apr 12, 1988 → Apr 12, 1998
· first licensed Apr 12, 1988 as W9BGU
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1948 as W9BGU, 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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 8, 1999 · 12 discs W9BGU
· General · issued Apr 12, 1988, expires Apr 12, 1998
JOSEPH F. HOVORKA
1807 EUCLID AVE, BERWYN, IL 60402
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 25, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as W9BGU
JOSEPH F HOVORKA
1807 EUCLID AVE, BERWYN, IL 60402
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.
1980 → 1996 · 8 editions W9BGU · class G
Joseph F Hovorka 1807 Euclid Av, Berwyn, IL 60402 Winter 1980 p.1002, Winter 1982 p.1048, Winter 1983 p.1081, Winter 1984 p.1125, Winter 1986 p.1125, Winter 1990 p.1212, 1994 p.1581, 1996 p.1777
1979 · 1 edition W9BGU · class G
Joseph F Hovor A 1807 Euclkl Av. Berwyn, IL 60402 Winter 1979 p.436
1974 · 1 edition W9BGU · class G
Joseph F Hovorka 1807 Euclid Av, Berwyn 1974 p.540
1973 · 1 edition W9BGU · class G
Joseph F Hovorka 1807 Euclid A Y, Berwyn 60402 I L Winter 1973 p.572
1966 → 1971 · 3 editions W9BGU · class G
Joseph F. Hovorka 1 8 0 7 Euclid A V, Berwyn Spring 1966 p.507, Summer 1969 p.552, Fall 1971 p.566
1964 · 1 edition W9BGU
J O S E P H F. H O V O R K A 180 7 E U C L I D Av. B E R W Y N Ill Fall 1964 p.493
1963 · 1 edition W9BGU
Joseph F . Hovorka1 1807 Euclid Av Berwyn 1 Ll Summer 1963 p.526
1962 · 1 edition W9BGU
Joseph F. Hovorka 1807 Euclid Av, Berwyn Fall 1962 p.504
1961 · 1 edition W9BGU
Joseph F. Hovorka 1801 Euclid Av, Berwyn Ill Fall 1961 p.522
1948 → 1961 · 13 editions W9BGU
Joseph F. Hovorka 1807 Euclid Ave., Berwyn, IL Fall 1948 p.202, Summer 1949 p.194, Summer 1950 p.200, Spring 1951 p.235, Fall 1952 p.263, Fall 1953 p.273, Fall 1954 p.285, Fall 1955 p.340, Spring 1956 p.336, Fall 1957 p.402, Summer 1958 p.416, Spring 1959 p.429, Spring 1961 p.499
1933 · 1 edition W9BGU
U. H. .manlove. R. S. Mt. Pleasant Ia. Ind. Spring 1933 p.121
None · 1 edition W9BGU · class G
Joseph F Hovorka 1807 Euclid Av, Berwyn, IL 60402 None p.1001
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9BGU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9BGU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.