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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)
WA9FCW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 25, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 25, 2007
Previous holder: ELMER S JOHNSON JR
Held WA9FCW Aug 9, 1985 → Jul 24, 2005
· first licensed Aug 9, 1985 as WA9FCW
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1965 as WA9FCW, before the FCC's online records
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 26, 1995 → Apr 7, 1999 · 7 discs WA9FCW
· Technician Plus · issued Jul 24, 1995, expires Jul 24, 2005
ELMER S JOHNSON JR
2243 W COLLINS ST, BLUE ISLAND, IL 60406-1621
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → May 12, 1995 · 2 discs WA9FCW
· Technician Plus · issued Aug 9, 1985, expires Aug 9, 1995
ELMER S JOHNSON JR
2243 W COLLINS ST, BLUE ISLAND, IL 60406
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA9FCW
· Technician · issued Aug 9, 1985, expires Aug 9, 1995
ELMER S JOHNSON JR
2243 W COLLINS ST, BLUE ISLAND, IL 60406
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 WA9FCW
ELMER S JOHNSON JR
2243 W COLLINS ST, BLUE ISLAND, IL 60406-1621
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.
1990 → 1996 · 3 editions WA9FCW · class T
Elmer S Johnson Jr 2243 W Collins St, Blue Island, IL 60406 Winter 1990 p.1236, 1995 p.1744, 1996 p.1800
1984 → 1986 · 3 editions WA9FCW · class T
Elmer S Johnson Jr 1143 W Collins St, Blue Island, IL 60406 Winter 1984 p.1148, Winter 1985 p.1150, Winter 1986 p.1146
1983 · 1 edition WA9FCW · class T
Timothy Heflin 529 W29458 Ancestral Dr, Waukesha W I 46992 Winter 1983 p.1104
1971 → 1982 · 7 editions WA9FCW · class T
Elmer Johnson Jr 2243 W Collins St, Blue Island, IL 60406 Winter 1971 p.578, Fall 1971 p.579, Winter 1972 p.583, Winter 1973 p.582, Winter 1976 p.586, Winter 1980 p.1024, Winter 1982 p.1070
1969 · 1 edition WA9FCW · class T
Elmer Johnson J R 2 3 2 4 W.110th St, Chicago 43 I L Summer 1969 p.561
1967 · 1 edition WA9FCW · class T
Elmer Johnson Jr 2324 W.lloth St, Chicago 43 Il Fall 1967 p.562
None → 1966 · 3 editions WA9FCW · class T
Elmer S Johnson Jr 2324 Lllelloth St, Chicago 43 Ill None p.550, Summer 1965 p.515, Spring 1966 p.517
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9FCW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9FCW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.