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WA9FEQ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 29, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Aug 29, 2007
Previous holder: ARTHUR L ORTMAN
Held WA9FEQ Dec 17, 1985 → Aug 28, 2005
· first licensed Dec 17, 1985 as WA9FEQ
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1965 as WA9FEQ, before the FCC's online records
WA9FEQExpiredAdvancedDec 17, 1985 → Aug 28, 2005 (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 Oct 26, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 15 discs WA9FEQ
· Advanced · issued Aug 28, 1995, expires Aug 28, 2005
ARTHUR L. ORTMAN
1037 W LEAFLAND AVE, DECATUR, IL 62522-1537
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 12, 1995 · 4 discs WA9FEQ
· Advanced · issued Dec 17, 1985, expires Dec 17, 1995
ARTHUR L ORTMAN
1037 W LEAFLAND AVE, DECATUR, IL 62522
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 WA9FEQ
ARTHUR L ORTMAN
1037 W LEAFLAND AVE, DECATUR, IL 62522-1537
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.
1988 → 1991 · 3 editions WA9FEQ · class A
Arthur L Ortman 1037 W Leafland Ave, Decatur, IL 61522 Winter 1988 p.1197, Winter 1989 p.1216, Winter 1991 p.1341
1987 · 1 edition WA9FEQ · class A
Arthur L Ortman 1037 W Leafl'"d Ave, Decatur, IL 01511 Winter 1987 p.1165
1985 → 1986 · 2 editions WA9FEQ · class G
Arthur L Ortman 1037 W Leaf Land Ave, Decatur Il B1511 Winter 1985 p.1150, Winter 1986 p.1147
1984 · 1 edition WA9FEQ · class G
Arthur L Ortman 1037 W Leaf~nd Ave, Decatur Il B1511 Winter 1984 p.1148
1983 · 1 edition WA9FEQ · class G
Arthur L Ortman 1037 W Leafland Ave, Decatur, IL 60126 Winter 1983 p.1104
1982 · 1 edition WA9FEQ · class G
Arthur L Ortman 1037 W Leaftand Av, Decatur, IL 62522 Winter 1982 p.1070
1965 → 1980 · 11 editions WA9FEQ · class G
Arthur L. Ortman 1037 W.leaflano Av, Decatur Ill Summer 1965 p.515, Summer 1969 p.561, Spring 1970 p.575, Winter 1971 p.579, Fall 1971 p.579, Winter 1972 p.583, Winter 1975 p.576, Winter 1976 p.586, Winter 1977 p.635, Winter 1979 p.454, Winter 1980 p.1024
1963 · 1 edition WA9FEQ
Arthur L. Ortman1 1037 W.leaflano Av1decatur I Ll Summer 1963 p.539
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9FEQ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9FEQ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.