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WA9LVQ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 22, 2014.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 22, 2014
Previous holder: JAMES L RAY
Held WA9LVQ Apr 21, 1992 → Apr 21, 2012
· first licensed Apr 21, 1992 as WA9LVQ
· 1 license · FRN 0006251011 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1967 as WA9LVQ, 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 Apr 27, 2002 → Apr 17, 2003 · 3 discs WA9LVQ
· Advanced · issued Jan 28, 2002, expires Apr 21, 2012
JAMES L RAY
1666 LEERKAMP DR, FRANKLIN, IN 46131
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Nov 1, 2001 · 16 discs WA9LVQ
· Advanced · issued Apr 21, 1992, expires Apr 21, 2002
JAMES L. RAY
1666 LEERKAMP DR, FRANKLIN, IN 46131
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 WA9LVQ
JAMES L RAY
1666 LEERKAMP DR, FRANKLIN, IN 46131
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 WA9LVQ · class A
James L Ray 820 Stadium Or, Greencastle, IN 46135 Winter 1988 p.1224, Winter 1990 p.1265, Winter 1991 p.1373
1987 · 1 edition WA9LVQ · class A
James L Ray 810 Stadium Or, Greencastle In 4bll5 Winter 1987 p.1192
1983 · 1 edition WA9LVQ · class A
Norman A Higginbotham 216 N 2nd St, Stevens Point, WI 54481 Winter 1983 p.1135
1982 · 1 edition WA9LVQ · class A
James L Ray 1666 Leerkamp Dr, Franklin, IN 46131 Winter 1982 p.1102
1980 · 1 edition WA9LVQ · class A
James Lray 200 Nmain St, Franklin Winter 1980 p.1048
1977 → 1979 · 2 editions WA9LVQ · class A
James L Ray 200 N Main St, Franklin 46131 In Winter 1977 p.650, Winter 1979 p.986
1973 → 1976 · 3 editions WA9LVQ · class A
James L Ray 107 E Methodist Dr, Franklin 46131 In Winter 1973 p.603, Winter 1975 p.594, Winter 1976 p.602
1969 → 1972 · 4 editions WA9LVQ · class A
James L Ray 703 College Av, Mt Vernon Summer 1969 p.577, Winter 1971 p.598, Fall 1971 p.598, Winter 1972 p.606
1967 · 1 edition WA9LVQ
James L. Ray 122 W .. High St, Mooresville In Fall 1967 p.579
1965 → 1966 · 2 editions WA9LVQ
James L. Ray 1 122 W. High St Mooresville Ind Summer 1965 p.532, Spring 1966 p.534
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9LVQ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9LVQ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.