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WA9CFO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 13, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 13, 2009
Previous holder: ROBERT W ZIGTEMA
Held WA9CFO Mar 22, 1988 → Dec 12, 2007
· first licensed Mar 22, 1988 as WA9CFO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1965 as WA9CFO, before the FCC's online records
WA9CFOExpiredTechnician PlusMar 22, 1988 → Dec 12, 2007 (expired)
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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs WA9CFO
· Technician Plus · issued Dec 12, 1997, expires Dec 12, 2007
ROBERT W. ZIGTEMA
480 W LINCOLN, CLIFTON, IL 60927-9670
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 4, 1997 · 6 discs WA9CFO
· Technician Plus · issued Mar 22, 1988, expires Mar 22, 1998
ROBERT W ZIGTEMA
1123 S NELSON, KANKAKEE, IL 60901
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA9CFO
· Technician · issued Mar 22, 1988, expires Mar 22, 1998
ROBERT W ZIGTEMA
1123 S NELSON, KANKAKEE, IL 60901
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Nov 1, 2026 · 52 snapshots · as WA9CFO
ROBERT W ZIGTEMA
480 W LINCOLN, CLIFTON, IL 60927-9670
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 WA9CFO · class T
Robert W Zigtema 1113 S Nelson, Kankakee, IL 60901 1997 p.1850
1996 · 1 edition WA9CFO · class T
Robert W Zigtema 1123 S Nelson, Kankakee, IL 60901 1996 p.1782
1992 · 1 edition WA9CFO · class T
Robert W Zigtema 1 1123 S Nelson Kankakee 1992 p.1376
1990 → 1991 · 2 editions WA9CFO · class T
Robert W Zigtema 1113 S Nelson, Kankakee, IL 60901 Winter 1990 p.1219, Winter 1991 p.1321
1987 · 1 edition WA9CFO
T ~~:r~d~ Sf ~, ~~a, 1113 S Nelson, Kankakee, IL 60901 Winter 1987 p.1149
1985 · 1 edition WA9CFO · class T
Ro Ert W Zigtema Ll1j S Nelson, Kankakee, FL 60901 Winter 1985 p.1132
1984 · 1 edition WA9CFO · class T
Ro Ert W Zigtema 1113 S Nelson, Kankakee, IL 60901 Winter 1984 p.1131
1980 → 1983 · 2 editions WA9CFO · class T
Robert W. Zigtema 1123 S.nelson Av, Kankakee, IL 60901 Winter 1980 p.1007, Winter 1983 p.1087
1979 · 1 edition WA9CFO · class T
Robert W. L~erna 1123 S.neison Av, Kankakee, IL 60901 Winter 1979 p.440
1976 · 1 edition WA9CFO · class T
Robert W. Zigtema 1123 S.nelson Av Winter 1976 p.578
1975 · 1 edition WA9CFO · class T
Larry E Nuhn Rfd 1, Sesser B2884 Il Winter 1975 p.568
1971 → 1974 · 4 editions WA9CFO · class T
Robert W. Zigtema 1123 S.nelson Av Winter 1971 p.568, Fall 1971 p.569, Winter 1972 p.574, Winter 1974 p.573
1969 · 1 edition WA9CFO · class T
Robert W. Z I G T E M A 1 1 2 3 S.nelson Av, Kankakee Summer 1969 p.554
1965 → 1967 · 3 editions WA9CFO
Robert W .. Zigtema 1123 S.nelson Av, Kankakee Ill Summer 1965 p.507, Spring 1966 p.510, Fall 1967 p.554
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9CFO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9CFO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.