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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)
WA9ARU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WA9ARU was last held in the 1990s (license expired Nov 23, 1994), 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
WA9ARU 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 → Oct 27, 1996 · 5 discs WA9ARU
· Technician Plus · issued Nov 23, 1984, expires Nov 23, 1994
LEWIS E SMITH
RURAL ROUTE 1 BOX 138A, PORTLAND, IN 47371
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA9ARU
· Technician · issued Nov 23, 1984, expires Nov 23, 1994
LEWIS E SMITH
RURAL ROUTE 1 BOX 138A, PORTLAND, IN 47371
WA9ARU 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.
1996 · 1 edition WA9ARU
T Lewis E Winter 1996 p.1774
1993 · 1 edition WA9ARU · class T
Lewis E Smith Rural Route 1 Box 138-A, Portland, IN 47371 1993 p.1485
1986 · 1 edition WA9ARU · class T
Lewis E Smith Rural Route L Box 138-A, Portland, IN 47371 Winter 1986 p.1122
1984 · 1 edition WA9ARU
T Lewis E Smith Rfd L·box 138-A, ·port~nd, IN 47371 Winter 1984 p.1121
1980 → 1983 · 3 editions WA9ARU · class T
Lewis Esmith Rfd 1-Box 138-A, Portland, IN 47371 Winter 1980 p.997, Winter 1982 p.1044, Winter 1983 p.1077
1973 → 1977 · 4 editions WA9ARU · class T
Lewis E Smith R F D 2, Portland 43731 In Winter 1973 p.570, Winter 1975 p.565, Winter 1976 p.575, Winter 1977 p.624
1971 · 1 edition WA9ARU · class T
Lewis E Smith Rfd 4, Portland 47371 In Fall 1971 p.564
1962 → 1966 · 4 editions WA9ARU
Lewis E. Smith 818 E. Main St, Portland I Nd Fall 1962 p.502, Summer 1963 p.524, Summer 1965 p.503, Spring 1966 p.505