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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)
WA2HKO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WA2HKO was last held in the 1990s (license expired Oct 15, 1995), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
WA2HKO in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 31, 1994 → Apr 4, 1997 · 6 discs WA2HKO
· Technician Plus · issued Oct 15, 1985, expires Oct 15, 1995
MELVIN DILBER
20335 W COUNTRY CLUB DR, NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL 33180
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA2HKO
· Technician · issued Oct 15, 1985, expires Oct 15, 1995
MELVIN DILBER
20335 W COUNTRY CLUB DR, NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL 33180
WA2HKO 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.
1989 → 1996 · 3 editions WA2HKO · class T
Melvin Dilber 20335 W Country Club Dr, Y T Thomas R Olin, Rfd 1 Box 191, Waterville, NY 13480 Winter 1989 p.243, 1995 p.338, 1996 p.385
1983 → 1987 · 5 editions WA2HKO · class T
Melvin Dilber 400 East 59th St, New York, NY 10022 Winter 1983 p.228, Winter 1984 p.234, Winter 1985 p.231, Winter 1986 p.228, Winter 1987 p.231
1978 → 1982 · 4 editions WA2HKO · class T
Melvin Dilber 400 E 59th St, New York Winter 1978 p.190, Winter 1979 p.203, 1981 p.151, Winter 1982 p.223
1961 → 1966 · 2 editions WA2HKO
Robert G. Farrell 96 Charlotte Av, Hamburg N Y Fall 1961 p.122, Spring 1966 p.114