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W9QVA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 25, 2009.
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 Oct 25, 2009
Previous holder: RUDOLPH W DROBISH
Held W9QVA Feb 9, 1988 → Oct 24, 2007
· first licensed Feb 9, 1988 as W9QVA
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1952 as W9QVA, before the FCC's online records
W9QVAExpiredGeneralFeb 9, 1988 → Oct 24, 2007 (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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs W9QVA
· General · issued Oct 24, 1997, expires Oct 24, 2007
RUDOLPH W. DROBISH
2425 HARDEN BLVD, LAKELAND, FL 33803-5951
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs W9QVA
· General · issued Feb 9, 1988, expires Feb 9, 1998
RUDOLPH W DROBISH
2425 HARDEN BLVD LOT 100, LAKELAND, FL 33803
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 W9QVA
RUDOLPH W DROBISH
2425 HARDEN BLVD, LAKELAND, FL 33803-5951
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.
1983 → 1988 · 2 editions W9QVA · class G
Rudolph W Drobish 2425 Harden Blvd Lot 100. N Warren C White, 8540 W !19th St, Palos Park, IL 60464 Winter 1983 p.1152, Winter 1988 p.1242
1977 · 1 edition W9QVA · class G
Rudolph W Dn>bish 1316 S Fernandez ~ Winter 1977 p.663
1970 → 1974 · 5 editions W9QVA · class G
Rudolph W Orobish 1316 S Fepnanoez Av Spring 1970 p.598, Winter 1971 p.606, Fall 1971 p.607, Winter 1972 p.614, Winter 1974 p.613
1969 · 1 edition W9QVA · class G
Rudolph W Orosi Sh 1316 S Fernanoez Av Fall 1969 p.587
1966 → 1969 · 2 editions W9QVA · class G
Rudolph W. Orobish 1244 Irving Av. Berkeley Ill Spring 1966 p.545, Summer 1969 p.586
1964 · 1 edition W9QVA
R U D O L P H Wm D R O B I S H 1 2 4 4 I R V I N G A V . B E R K E L E Y I L L Fall 1964 p.528
1958 → 1961 · 3 editions W9QVA
Rudolph W. Drobish 1244 Irving Avenue, Berkeley, H1. Summer 1958 p.446, Spring 1959 p.462, Fall 1961 p.556
1957 · 1 edition W9QVA
Rudolph W . D R O B I S H 1244 Irving A V E N U E, B E R K E L E Y 111 Fall 1957 p.428
1954 → 1956 · 3 editions W9QVA
Rudolph W. Drobish 1244 Irving Avenue, Berkeley, IL Spring 1954 p.298, Fall 1955 p.360, Spring 1956 p.356
1953 · 1 edition W9QVA
Rudolph W. Drobish 717 South Blvd., Oak Park, Ul. Fall 1953 p.288
1952 · 1 edition W9QVA
Rudolph W .drobish 119 S.ridgeland Ave., Oak Park, 111. Fall 1952 p.280
1938 → 1941 · 3 editions W9QVA
Richard A. Bischoff 1229 N. Seventh St., Bur- Spring 1938 p.167, Spring 1940 p.195, Spring 1941 p.196
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9QVA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9QVA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.