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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)
WA9LRF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 16, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 16, 2000
Previous holder: BURNELL I GROTTKE
Held WA9LRF Mar 15, 1988 → Mar 15, 1998
· first licensed Mar 15, 1988 as WA9LRF
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1965 as WA9LRF, before the FCC's online records
WA9LRFExpiredAdvancedMar 15, 1988 → Mar 15, 1998 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 8, 1999 · 12 discs WA9LRF
· Advanced · issued Mar 15, 1988, expires Mar 15, 1998
BURNELL I. GROTTKE
708 S LOMBARD AVE, LOMBARD, IL 60148
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 WA9LRF
BURNELL I GROTTKE
708 S LOMBARD AVE, LOMBARD, IL 60148
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 WA9LRF
Burnell 1 Grottke 708 S Lombard Ave, Lombard, IL 60148 1994 p.1642
1992 · 1 edition WA9LRF · class A
Burnell I Grottke Job S Lombard Ave, Lombard Il B014b 1992 p.1431
1990 → 1991 · 2 editions WA9LRF · class A
Burnell I Grottke 708 S Lombard Ave, Lombard, IL 60148 Winter 1990 p.1264, Winter 1991 p.1373
1988 · 1 edition WA9LRF · class A
Burnell L Grottke 108 S Lombard Ave, Lombard, IL 60148 Winter 1988 p.1223
1982 → 1987 · 6 editions WA9LRF · class A
Burnell I Grottke /708 S Lombard Av, Lombard, IL 60148 Winter 1982 p.1102, Winter 1983 p.1135, Winter 1984 p.1178, Winter 1985 p.1179, Winter 1986 p.1175, Winter 1987 p.1192
1979 · 1 edition WA9LRF · class G
Burnell I Grottke 1708 5 Lombard Av, Lombard, IL 80148 Winter 1979 p.478
1967 → 1977 · 9 editions WA9LRF · class G
Burnell .i Grottke 1302 East Av, Berwyn Il Fall 1967 p.579, Winter 1971 p.598, Fall 1971 p.598, Winter 1972 p.605, Winter 1973 p.602, Winter 1974 p.601, Winter 1975 p.593, Winter 1976 p.602, Winter 1977 p.650
1964 · 1 edition WA9LRF · class B
U R N E L L I* G R O T T K E 1 2 4 6 S, 5 7 T H A V . C I C E R O Ill Fall 1964 p.521
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9LRF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9LRF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.