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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)
WA9OWF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 28, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 28, 2007
Previous holder: WILLIAM F FORD JR
Held WA9OWF Aug 30, 1985 → Jul 27, 2005
· first licensed Aug 30, 1985 as WA9OWF
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1965 as WA9OWF, 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 26, 1995 → Apr 7, 1999 · 7 discs WA9OWF
· General · issued Jul 27, 1995, expires Jul 27, 2005
WILLIAM F FORD JR
355 FAIR AVE, ELMHURST, IL 60126
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 12, 1995 · 4 discs WA9OWF
· General · issued Aug 30, 1985, expires Aug 30, 1995
WILLIAM F FORD JR
355 FAIR AVE, ELMHURST, IL 60126
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 WA9OWF
WILLIAM F FORD JR
355 FAIR AVE, ELMHURST, IL 60126
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.
1983 → 1997 · 4 editions WA9OWF · class G
William F Ford Jr 355 Fair Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126 Winter 1983 p.1147, 1994 p.1657, 1995 p.1798, 1997 p.1930
1976 → 1979 · 2 editions WA9OWF · class G
William F Ford Jr 355 Fair Av, Elmhurst 60126 Il Winter 1976 p.611, Winter 1979 p.487
1974 · 1 edition WA9OWF · class G
William F Forti Jr 355 Fair Av, Elmhurst 6012& Il Winter 1974 p.610
1971 → 1974 · 3 editions WA9OWF · class G
William F Ford Jr 355 Fair Av, Elmhurst Winter 1971 p.603, Fall 1971 p.603, 1974 p.579
1969 · 1 edition WA9OWF · class G
W I L L I A M F . Ford J R 3 5 5 F A I R Av, Elmhurst Summer 1969 p.582
1965 → 1966 · 2 editions WA9OWF
William F. Ford Jr. 355 Fair Av, Elmhurst Ill Summer 1965 p.539, Spring 1966 p.540
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9OWF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9OWF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.