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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)
WA5RKU HAM
✅ Never issued — WA5RKU isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
The FCC has no record of WA5RKU ever being issued.
WA5RKU 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.
1982 · 1 edition WA5RKU · class G
Sam Csitton 6016 S Quincy Ave, Tulsa, OK 74126 Winter 1982 p.644
1981 · 1 edition WA5RKU · class A
Gerald S Gabrielse 2435 Indiana: Av, Lansing “il 60438 Winter 1981 p.1075
1981 · 1 edition WA5RKU · class G
Sam C Sitton 6016 S Quincy Ave, Tulsa, OK 74126 1981 p.553
1979 → 1980 · 2 editions WA5RKU · class G
Sam C Sitton 4136 Riley, Houston, TX 77005 Winter 1979 p.583, Winter 1980 p.617
1978 · 1 edition WA5RKU
A Gerald’s Gabrielse 2435 Ndiana Av, Lansing, IL 60438 Winter 1978 p.922
1967 → 1976 · 7 editions WA5RKU · class G
Sam C Sitton 1506 S Broadmoor, Lufkin Tx Fall 1967 p.356, Winter 1971 p.357, Fall 1971 p.357, Winter 1972 p.360, Winter 1973 p.361, 1974 p.333, Winter 1976 p.366
None · 1 edition WA5RKU · class A
Gerald S Gabrielse Mail Returned None p.1073