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W9SGE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 20, 2018.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Feb 17, 2006 as choice 1:
granted.
Held W9SGE Dec 6, 1988 → Dec 6, 1998
· first licensed Dec 6, 1988 as W9SGE
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1934 as W9SGE, before the FCC's online records
W9SGEExpiredAdvancedDec 6, 1988 → Dec 6, 1998 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 2000 · 14 discs W9SGE
· Advanced · issued Dec 6, 1988, expires Dec 6, 1998
LESTER R. NEWGREN
8738 SO JEFFERY AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60617
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as W9SGE
LESTER R NEWGREN
8738 SO JEFFERY AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60617
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 → 1997 · 6 editions W9SGE · class A
Lester R Newgren 8738 So Jeffery Ave, Chicago, IL 60617 Winter 1980 p.1066, Winter 1983 p.1155, Winter 1987 p.1216, 1994 p.1674, 1996 p.1872, 1997 p.1945
1979 · 1 edition W9SGE · class A
Lester R Newgren 8738 S Jefferv Av, Ii, 60617 Winter 1979 p.496
1969 → 1977 · 9 editions W9SGE · class A
Lester R Newgren 8738 S Jeffery Av, Chicago Il Summer 1969 p.589, Spring 1970 p.601, Winter 1971 p.609, Fall 1971 p.610, Winter 1972 p.616, Winter 1973 p.616, Winter 1975 p.610, Winter 1976 p.621, Winter 1977 p.667
1964 · 1 edition W9SGE
L E S T E R R . N E W G R E N 8 7 3 8 S . J E F F E R Y . C H I C A G O 17 I L L Fall 1964 p.530
1962 · 1 edition W9SGE
Lester R. Newgren 8738 S.jeffery, Chicago 17 Ill Fall 1962 p.541
1952 → 1961 · 7 editions W9SGE
L Ester R . Newgren 632 East 76th St., Chicago 19, 111. Fall 1952 p.282, Fall 1953 p.290, Fall 1955 p.361, Spring 1956 p.358, Fall 1957 p.429, Summer 1958 p.447, Spring 1961 p.531
1951 · 1 edition W9SGE
L E S T E R R N E W G R E N, 632 E A S T 76th St., C H I C A G O 19, HI Spring 1951 p.252
1950 · 1 edition W9SGE
Lester R . Newgren 632 East 76th St., Chicago 19, HI Summer 1950 p.216
1949 · 1 edition W9SGE
L Ester R Newgren, 632 East 76th St*, Chicago 19, HI Summer 1949 p.209
1948 · 1 edition W9SGE
Lester R. Newgren 632 East 76th St., Chicago 19, HI Fall 1948 p.216
1941 · 1 edition W9SGE
Lester R. Newgren 632 E, 76 St.. Chicago. Spring 1941 p.198
1941 · 1 edition W9SGE
Lester R. Newgren 632 E, 76 St., Chicago. Winter 1941 p.207
1941 · 1 edition W9SGE
Lester R. Newgren 632 E, 76 St., Chicago. 'v9rt..ti-Ppter Sa.gan. !'1442 R. Washtf, Naw Av., Chicago. Winter 1941 p.217
1940 · 1 edition W9SGE
Lester R. Newgren 632 E, 76 St.. Chicago. Spring 1940 p.197
1934 → 1935 · 2 editions W9SGE
Lester R. Newgren 632 E, 76 St., Chicago Fall 1934 p.194, Spring 1935 p.215
Others Requesting W9SGE
1 application listed W9SGE as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9SGE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9SGE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.