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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)
W9DQN HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 13, 2019.
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 Feb 13, 2019
Previous holder: ALVIN S CURTISS
Held W9DQN Feb 12, 1997 → Feb 12, 2017
· first licensed Aug 6, 1996 as WN9DQN
· 1 license · FRN 0009751314 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1954 as WN9DQN, before the FCC's online records
W9DQNExpiredGeneral · vanityFeb 12, 1997 → Feb 12, 2017 (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 4, 1997 → Apr 17, 2003 · 12 discs W9DQN
· General · issued Feb 12, 1997, expires Feb 12, 2007
· previously WN9DQN(Technician Plus)
ALVIN S. CURTISS
601 EMPRESS DR, LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 86403
Seen Oct 27, 1996 · 1 disc WN9DQN
· General · issued Aug 6, 1996, expires Jun 28, 2006
ALVIN S CURTISS
601 EMPRESS DR, LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 86403
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 W9DQN
ALVIN S CURTISS
601 EMPRESS DR, LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ 86403
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.
1946 → 1947 · 2 editions W9DQN
Rupert L. Jennings Municipal Airport, Rapid Summer 1946 p.183, Fall 1947 p.186
1936 · 1 edition W9DQN
Olarence E. Myera 809 Elmwood Ave., KS Spring 1936 p.281
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9DQN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9DQN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.