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WA9MEK HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 15, 2016.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 15, 2016
Previous holder: Stephen J Sierzega
Held WA9MEK Aug 24, 1984 → Jul 14, 2014
· first licensed Aug 24, 1984 as WA9MEK
· 1 license · FRN 0010768521 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1965 as WA9MEK, 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 31, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 17 discs WA9MEK
· General · issued Jul 14, 1994, expires Jul 14, 2004
STEPHEN J. SIERZEGA
3407 N NORMANDY AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60634-3718
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA9MEK
· General · issued Aug 24, 1984, expires Aug 24, 1994
STEPHEN J SIERZEGA
3407 N NORMANDY AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60634
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 WA9MEK
Stephen J Sierzega
3407 N Normandy Ave, Chicago, IL 60634-3718
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 WA9MEK · class G
Stephen J Sierzega 3407 N Normandy Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 1994 p.1645
1990 · 1 edition WA9MEK · class G
Stephen J Simega 3407 N Normandy Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 Winter 1990 p.1266
1985 · 1 edition WA9MEK · class G
Stephen J Sierze~a 3407 N Norman~ Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 Winter 1985 p.1182
1984 · 1 edition WA9MEK · class T
Stephen J Sierze¥ J407 N Norman~ Ave, Chicago Il &o&j4 Winter 1984 p.1180
1983 · 1 edition WA9MEK · class T
Stephen J Sierzega 3407 N Normandy Ave, Chicago, IL 60634 Winter 1983 p.1137
1982 · 1 edition WA9MEK · class T
Stephen J Winter 1982 p.1103
1979 → 1980 · 2 editions WA9MEK · class T
Stephen J Sierzega 3407 N Normandy Av, Chicago, IL 60634 Winter 1979 p.479, Winter 1980 p.1050
1977 · 1 edition WA9MEK
T E~fg:: J Sierzega, 3407 N Normandy Av Winter 1977 p.651
1976 · 1 edition WA9MEK · class T
Stephen J Sierzega 3407 N Normandy Av Winter 1976 p.603
1975 · 1 edition WA9MEK · class T
Stephen J Sime9a 3407 N Normandy Av Winter 1975 p.595
None → 1974 · 8 editions WA9MEK · class T
Stephen J Sierzega 3407 N Normandy Ave, Chicago None p.1057, Summer 1965 p.533, Spring 1966 p.535, Fall 1967 p.580, Winter 1971 p.599, Fall 1971 p.599, Winter 1972 p.606, Winter 1974 p.602
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9MEK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9MEK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.