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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)
WA9LMA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 14, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 14, 2006
Previous holder: HUGH R RATHER
Held WA9LMA Oct 19, 1984 → Oct 13, 2004
· first licensed Oct 19, 1984 as WA9LMA
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1965 as WA9LMA, before the FCC's online records
WA9LMAExpiredAdvancedOct 19, 1984 → Oct 13, 2004 (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 31, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 17 discs WA9LMA
· Advanced · issued Oct 13, 1994, expires Oct 13, 2004
HUGH R. RATHER
5400 N DIVERSEY BLVD, MILWAUKEE, WI 53217
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA9LMA
· Advanced · issued Oct 19, 1984, expires Oct 19, 1994
HUGH R RATHER
5400 NORTH DIVERSEY BLVD, MILWAUKEE, WI 53217
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 WA9LMA
HUGH R RATHER
5400 N DIVERSEY BLVD, MILWAUKEE, WI 53217
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.
1994 · 1 edition WA9LMA · class A
Hugh R Rather 5400 North Diversey Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53217 1994 p.1641
1993 · 1 edition WA9LMA · class A
Hugh R Rather S460 North Oiversey Blvd, Milwaukee Wi Sj117 1993 p.1548
1990 · 1 edition WA9LMA · class A
Hugh R Rather 5400 North Diversey Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53217 Winter 1990 p.1264
1989 · 1 edition WA9LMA · class A
Hugh R Rather 5400 North Oiversey Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53217 Winter 1989 p.1243
1969 · 1 edition WA9LMA · class G
Hugh R . R A T H E R 5 4 0 0 N . D I V E R S E Y Blvd, Milwaukee Wi Wa9lqt A Larry A . Downing, 5 1 2 7 Lee S T, Skokie Summer 1969 p.576
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9LMA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9LMA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.