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WA9DKE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 2, 2018.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 2, 2018
Previous holder: Lawrence R Gavin
Held WA9DKE Feb 28, 1984 → Mar 1, 2016
· first licensed Feb 28, 1984 as WA9DKE
· 1 license · FRN 0014368336 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1965 as WA9DKE, before the FCC's online records
WA9DKEExpiredTechnicianFeb 28, 1984 → Mar 1, 2016 (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 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs WA9DKE
· Technician Plus · issued Mar 1, 1996, expires Mar 1, 2006
LAWRENCE R. GAVIN
859 HATCHEE VISTA LN, FORT MYERS, FL 33919
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Oct 26, 1995 · 3 discs WA9DKE
· Technician Plus · issued Feb 28, 1984, expires Feb 28, 1994
LAWRENCE R GAVIN
8473 KIMBERLY CT, BURR RIDGE, IL 60521
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA9DKE
· Technician · issued Feb 28, 1984, expires Feb 28, 1994
LAWRENCE R GAVIN
8473 KIMBERLY CT, BURR RIDGE, IL 60521
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 27, 2010 → Nov 1, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as WA9DKE
Lawrence R Gavin
11651 Rosemount Dr, Fort Myers, FL 33913
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 WA9DKE · class P
Lawrence R Gavin B59 Hatchee Vista Ln, Fort Myers, FL 33919 1997 p.1857
1994 · 1 edition WA9DKE · class T
Lawrence R Gavin 8473 Kimberly Ct, Burr Ridge, IL 60521 1994 p.1593
1987 · 1 edition WA9DKE · class T
Lawrence R Gavin 8473 Kimbtrly Ct, Burr Rid~e, IL 60511 Winter 1987 p.1155
1986 · 1 edition WA9DKE · class T
Lawrence R Gavin B473 Kimberly Ct, Burr Ridge, IL 60521 Winter 1986 p.1137
1965 → 1983 · 8 editions WA9DKE · class T
Lawrence Re Gavin 413 Kirkwood Cove, Burr Ridge, IL 60521 Summer 1965 p.510, Fall 1971 p.573, Winter 1972 p.578, 1974 p.545, Winter 1976 p.581, Winter 1977 p.631, Winter 1980 p.1014, Winter 1983 p.1095
1963 · 1 edition WA9DKE
Lawrence R. Gal/in1 6815 S. Alabama Av. Summer 1963 p.533
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9DKE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9DKE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.