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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)
WA9CNW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 4, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 4, 2010
Previous holder: JOHN C SLACK
Held WA9CNW Dec 27, 1988 → Dec 3, 2008
· first licensed Dec 27, 1988 as WA9CNW
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1962 as WA9CNW, before the FCC's online records
WA9CNWExpiredGeneralDec 27, 1988 → Dec 3, 2008 (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 Apr 7, 1999 → Apr 17, 2003 · 9 discs WA9CNW
· General · issued Dec 3, 1998, expires Dec 3, 2008
JOHN C. SLACK
1138 KINSIE CT, NAPERVILLE, IL 60540
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs WA9CNW
· General · issued Dec 27, 1988, expires Dec 27, 1998
JOHN C SLACK
1138 KINSIE CT, NAPERVILLE, IL 60540
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 WA9CNW
JOHN C SLACK
1138 KINSIE CT, NAPERVILLE, IL 60540
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 → 1997 · 4 editions WA9CNW · class G
John C Slack 1138 Kinsie Ct, Naperville, IL 60540 Winter 1989 p.1202, Winter 1990 p.1221, 1995 p.1728, 1997 p.1852
1987 · 1 edition WA9CNW
G R~~d~\~:1~ti13s Kinsie Ct Naperville, IL 60540 Winter 1987 p.1150
1986 · 1 edition WA9CNW · class G
John C Slack U3b Kinsie Ct, Naperville, IL 60540 Winter 1986 p.1132
1985 · 1 edition WA9CNW · class G
John C Slack 138 Kinsie Ct, Naperville Il 6d540 Winter 1985 p.1134
1984 · 1 edition WA9CNW · class G
John C Slack ~ijb Kinsie Ct, Naperville, IL 00540 Winter 1984 p.1133
1970 · 1 edition WA9CNW · class G
John C Slack 342 Redbud Or, Naper Ville 60540 Il Spring 1970 p.568
1962 → 1969 · 4 editions WA9CNW · class G
John C. Slack 342 Redbud Dr, Naperville Ill Fall 1962 p.509, Summer 1963 p.530, Spring 1966 p.510, Summer 1969 p.555
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9CNW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9CNW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.