N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 28, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT

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)

W9SLJ HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 30, 2008.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Aug 30, 2008

Previous holder: WILLIE R KRETSCHMER

Held W9SLJ Jan 20, 1987 → Aug 29, 2006 · first licensed Jan 20, 1987 as W9SLJ · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1941 as W9SLJ, before the FCC's online records

W9SLJ Expired General Jan 20, 1987 → Aug 29, 2006 (expired)

Licensee
WILLIE R KRETSCHMER

Address
215 S 8TH AVE
LA GRANGE, IL 60525-6413
41.7835, -87.8660 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61bs · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Aug 29, 1996

Effective
Aug 29, 1996

Last action
Aug 30, 2008
FCC actions (1)
- Aug 30, 2008 — License expired LIEXP

Callbook Records, 1993–2003

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 Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 13 discs
W9SLJ · General · issued Aug 29, 1996, expires Aug 29, 2006
WILLIE R. KRETSCHMER
215 S 8TH AVE, LA GRANGE, IL 60525-6413
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 21, 1996 · 6 discs
W9SLJ · General · issued Jan 20, 1987, expires Jan 20, 1997
WILLIE R KRETSCHMER
215 S 8TH AVE, LA GRANGE, IL 60525

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 W9SLJ
WILLIE R KRETSCHMER
215 S 8TH AVE, LA GRANGE, IL 60525-6413
41.7835, -87.8660 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61bs · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

W9SLJ in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997

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.

1994 → 1997 · 3 editions
W9SLJ · class G
Willie R Kretschmer
215 S 8th Avenue, La Grange, IL 60525
1994 p.1675, Winter 1995 p.1782, 1997 p.1946
1990 → 1993 · 2 editions
W9SLJ · class G
Willie R Kretschmer
115 S 8th Avenue, La Grange, IL 60515
Winter 1990 p.1286, 1993 p.1579
1986 · 1 edition
W9SLJ · class G
Willie R Kretschmer
215 S 8th Av, La Grange, IL 60525
Winter 1986 p.1201
1984 · 1 edition
W9SLJ · class G
Willie R Kretschmer
115 S 8th Av, La Grange, IL 60515
Winter 1984 p.1202
1967 → 1980 · 5 editions
W9SLJ · class G
William R. Kretschmer
215 S 8th Av, La Grange, IL 60525
Fall 1967 p.593, Summer 1969 p.589, Winter 1972 p.617, Winter 1979 p.496, Winter 1980 p.1067
1964 · 1 edition
W9SLJ
W I L L I A M R . K R E T S C H M E R
2 1 5 S. E I G H T H A V
Fall 1964 p.531
1958 · 1 edition
W9SLJ
W Illie R. Kretschm Er
Rfd 2, Box 14, Beaver Dam, WI
Summer 1958 p.448
1955 → 1957 · 2 editions
W9SLJ
W I L L I E R . K R E T S C H M E R
R F D 2, B E A V E R D A M, WI
Fall 1955 p.362, Fall 1957 p.429
1953 → 1954 · 2 editions
W9SLJ
Willie R. Kretschmer
Rfd 2, Beaver Dam, WI
Fall 1953 p.290, Fall 1954 p.305
1952 · 1 edition
W9SLJ
W Illie R. K Retschm Er
Rfd 2, Beaver Dam, W Is.
Fall 1952 p.282
1951 · 1 edition
W9SLJ
W I L L I E R . K R E T S C H M E R
R F D 2, B E A V E R D A M, WI
Spring 1951 p.252
1950 · 1 edition
W9SLJ
W Illie R. Kretschm Er
Rfd 2, Beaver Dam, WI
Summer 1950 p.216
1949 · 1 edition
W9SLJ
W Illie K Retschm Er
157 E. Burnett St., Beaver Dam, W Is.
Summer 1949 p.209
1941 → 1948 · 2 editions
W9SLJ
Willie R. Kretschmer
157 E. Burnett St., Bea-
Winter 1941 p.217, Fall 1948 p.216
None · 1 edition
W9SLJ · class G
Willie R Kretschmer
215 S 8th Av, La Grange, IL 60525
None p.1076

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9SLJ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9SLJ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.