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WA9VMS HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 27, 2008.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Nov 27, 2008
Previous holder: LE ROY F KROTTA
Held WA9VMS Feb 24, 1987 → Nov 26, 2006
· first licensed Feb 24, 1987 as WA9VMS
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1969 as WA9VMS, before the FCC's online records
WA9VMSExpiredGeneralFeb 24, 1987 → Nov 26, 2006 (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 Apr 4, 1997 → Apr 17, 2003 · 12 discs WA9VMS
· General · issued Nov 26, 1996, expires Nov 26, 2006
LE ROY F. KROTTA
2857 N HARDING AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60618
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs WA9VMS
· General · issued Feb 24, 1987, expires Feb 24, 1997
LE ROY F KROTTA
2857 N HARDING AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60618
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 WA9VMS
LE ROY F KROTTA
2857 N HARDING AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60618
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.
1997 · 1 edition WA9VMS · class G
Le Roy F Krotta 1b57 N Harding Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 1997 p.1963
1994 · 1 edition WA9VMS · class G
Le Roy F Krotta 2857 N Harding Ave, Chicago, IL 60618 1994 p.1689
1987 · 1 edition WA9VMS · class G
Le Roy F Krotta 857 N Hardin~ Ave, Chicago Il Boblb Winter 1987 p.1230
1986 · 1 edition WA9VMS · class G
Le Roy F Krotta 28s7 N Harding Ave, Chicago Il Boolb Winter 1986 p.1212
1985 · 1 edition WA9VMS · class G
Le Roy F Krotta 2857 N Hardin~ Ave, Chicago Il &0&18 Winter 1985 p.1214
1984 · 1 edition WA9VMS
G Le Roy F Krotta 1857 N Hardin~ Ave, Chicago Il Boblb Winter 1984 p.1210
1969 → 1983 · 7 editions WA9VMS · class G
Le Roy F Krotta 2 8 5 7 N Harding Av, Chicago Summer 1969 p.595, Fall 1971 p.616, Winter 1972 p.622, Winter 1976 p.626, Winter 1977 p.677, Winter 1979 p.1013, Winter 1983 p.1164
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9VMS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9VMS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.