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WA9QGY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 27, 2003.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Nov 27, 2003
Previous holder: MICHAEL S STERLING
Held WA9QGY Nov 26, 1991 → Nov 26, 2001
· first licensed Nov 26, 1991 as WA9QGY
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1966 as WA9QGY, before the FCC's online records
WA9QGYExpiredGeneralNov 26, 1991 → Nov 26, 2001 (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 → Apr 17, 2003 · 19 discs WA9QGY
· General · issued Nov 26, 1991, expires Nov 26, 2001
MICHAEL S. STERLING
1255 MASONIC DR, ALMA, MI 48801
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 WA9QGY
MICHAEL S STERLING
1255 MASONIC DR, ALMA, MI 48801
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.
1991 · 1 edition WA9QGY · class T
Michael S Sterling 1241 Masonic Or, Alma Ml 48801 New Philadelphia, OH 44663 Winter 1991 p.1387
1990 · 1 edition WA9QGY · class T
Michael S Sterling 1241 Masonic Dr, Alma Ml 48801 N Lewis W Letzow, 8115 W Summerdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60656 Winter 1990 p.1278
1989 · 1 edition WA9QGY · class T
Michael S Sterling Pob 121d2, Lansing Ml 489d9 Winter 1989 p.1259
1985 · 1 edition WA9QGY · class T
Michael S Sterling 9118 N Linder, Morton Grove, IL 60053 Winter 1985 p.1198
1983 · 1 edition WA9QGY · class T
Michael S Sterling 9128 N Under, Morton Grove, IL 60053 Winter 1983 p.1151
1981 → 1982 · 2 editions WA9QGY · class T
Michael S Sterling 9128 N Linder, Morton Grove 1981 p.1000, Winter 1982 p.1113
1980 · 1 edition WA9QGY · class T
Michael S Sterling 912b N Linder, Morton Grove, IL 60053 Winter 1980 p.1061
1966 → 1976 · 9 editions WA9QGY · class T
Michael S. Sterling 2723 W. Jarvis, Chicagf.j Il Spring 1966 p.544, Fall 1967 p.588, Summer 1969 p.585, Winter 1971 p.606, Winter 1972 p.613, Winter 1973 p.613, 1974 p.581, Winter 1975 p.607, Winter 1976 p.615
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9QGY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9QGY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.