N9TPB
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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)W9WLA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 1, 2007.
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 Apr 1, 2007
Previous holder: MELVIN E HOPFER
Held W9WLA Jul 30, 1985 → Mar 31, 2005
· first licensed Jul 30, 1985 as W9WLA
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1953 as W9WLA, before the FCC's online records
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- Licensee
- MELVIN E HOPFER
- Address
- PO Box 21
GORHAM, IL 62940
- Last granted
- Mar 31, 1995
- Effective
- Mar 31, 1995
- Last action
- Apr 3, 2007
FCC actions (1)
- Apr 3, 2007 — 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 26, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 15 discs
W9WLA · Advanced · issued Mar 31, 1995, expires Mar 31, 2005
MELVIN E. HOPFER
PO BOX 21, GORHAM, IL 62940 - Seen May 12, 1995 · 1 disc
W9WLA · Advanced · issued Mar 31, 1995, expires Mar 31, 2005
MELVIN E HOPFER
BOX 21, GORHAM, IL 62940 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs
W9WLA · Advanced · issued Jul 30, 1985, expires Jul 30, 1995
MELVIN E HOPFER
POB 21, GORHAM, IL 62940
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 W9WLA
MELVIN E HOPFER
PO Box 21
GORHAM, IL 62940
W9WLA 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.
- 1997 · 1 edition
W9WLA · class A
Melvin E Hopfer
Pob 21, Gorham, IL 61940
1997 p.1968 - 1996 · 1 edition
W9WLA · class A
Melvin E Gorham
, IL 62940
1996 p.1895 - 1994 · 1 edition
W9WLA · class A
Melvin E Hopfer
Pob 21, Gorham, IL 62940
1994 p.1693 - 1992 · 1 edition
W9WLA · class A
Melvin E Hopfer
P B 21, Gorham, IL 62940
1992 p.1468 - 1987 · 1 edition
W9WLA · class A
Melvin E Hopfer
Pob 11, Gorham, IL 61940
Winter 1987 p.1233 - 1986 · 1 edition
W9WLA · class A
Melvin E Hopfer
Pdb 11, Gorham Il &1940
Winter 1986 p.1214 - 1985 · 1 edition
W9WLA · class A
Melvin E Hopfer
Pob 11, Gorham Il B1940
Winter 1985 p.1216 - 1983 · 1 edition
W9WLA · class A
Melvin E Hopfer
Pob 21, Gorham, IL 62940
Winter 1983 p.1166 - 1976 → 1982 · 3 editions
W9WLA · class A
Melvin E Hopfer
Box 21, Gorham 62940 Il
Winter 1976 p.627, Winter 1980 p.1078, Winter 1982 p.1130 - 1957 · 1 edition
W9WLA
M E L V I N E. H O P F E R
P O S T O F F I C E B O X 172, G O R H A M, Iu.
Fall 1957 p.434 - 1953 → 1956 · 5 editions
W9WLA
Melvin E. Hopfer
Post Office Box 172, Gorham, Iu.
Fall 1953 p.295, Spring 1954 p.304, Fall 1954 p.309, Fall 1955 p.367, Spring 1956 p.363 - 1938 → 1940 · 3 editions
W9WLA
Wm.h.reinoehl
4842 Claremont Av., Chicago
Spring 1938 p.178, Spring 1940 p.204, Fall 1940 p.196
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9WLA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9WLA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.