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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)
WA9TLO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 17, 2002.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 17, 2002
Previous holder: JOE C ORNATOWSKI
Held WA9TLO Oct 16, 1990 → Oct 16, 2000
· first licensed Oct 16, 1990 as WA9TLO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1969 as WA9TLO, before the FCC's online records
WA9TLOExpiredAdvancedOct 16, 1990 → Oct 16, 2000 (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 27, 2002 · 17 discs WA9TLO
· Advanced · issued Oct 16, 1990, expires Oct 16, 2000
JOE C. ORNATOWSKI
13 NO GRACE ST, NORTH AURORA, IL 60542
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 WA9TLO
JOE C ORNATOWSKI
13 NO GRACE ST, NORTH AURORA, IL 60542
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 → 1992 · 3 editions WA9TLO · class A
Joe C Ornatowski 13 N Grace St, North Aurora, IL 60541 Winter 1988 p.1252, Winter 1989 p.1270, 1992 p.1458
1986 → 1987 · 2 editions WA9TLO · class G
Joe C Ornatowski 13 No Grace St, ~orth Aurora, IL 60542 Winter 1986 p.1206, Winter 1987 p.1221
1985 · 1 edition WA9TLO · class G
Joe C Ornatowski Ll No Grace St, North Aurora Il B0542 Winter 1985 p.1209
1983 → 1984 · 2 editions WA9TLO · class G
Joe C Ornatowski 13 No Grace St, North Aurora, IL 60542 Winter 1983 p.1158, Winter 1984 p.1204
1976 → 1982 · 4 editions WA9TLO · class G
Joe Ornatowski 13 N Grace St, North Aurora Il Winter 1976 p.623, Winter 1977 p.671, Winter 1980 p.1069, Winter 1982 p.1121
1972 · 1 edition WA9TLO · class T
Russell R Hackert 3220 N Lamon, Chicago 60041 Il Winter 1972 p.618
1967 → 1971 · 3 editions WA9TLO · class G
Joe Ornatowskj 13 N Grace St, North Aurora Fall 1967 p.596, Summer 1969 p.591, Winter 1971 p.612
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9TLO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9TLO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.