🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 8, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT
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)
WB2KOU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 11, 2001.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 11, 2001
Previous holder:
Held WB2KOU → May 10, 1999
· first licensed as WB2KOU
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
WB2KOUCanceledClub / other → May 10, 1999 (canceled)
Licensee
Address
Last granted
Effective
Last action
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as WB2KOU
Earlier Holders
WB2KOU in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 7, 1999 · 11 discs WB2KOU
· General · issued Feb 16, 1993, expires Feb 16, 2003
MARK L MADCHARO
2121 VAN RENSSELAER DR, SCHENECTADY, NY 12308
WB2KOU in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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 → 1997 · 3 editions WB2KOU · class G
· later KF2LJ
Mark Schenectady L Madcharo 2121 Van Rensselaer Dr, John J Primiano 1994 p.312, Winter 1996 p.364, 1997 p.346
1987 → 1988 · 2 editions WB2KOU · class G
Mark L Madcharo 314 The Portage, Ticonderoga, NV 11883 Winter 1987 p.246, Winter 1988 p.255
1979 → 1983 · 2 editions WB2KOU · class T
Mark L Madcharo 708 Rosa Rd, 5cheneclady, NY 12309 Winter 1979 p.219, Winter 1983 p.246
1970 · 1 edition WB2KOU · class A
Miles S Ericsson Qfi Mallory Ro, Tonawanoa Ny Spring 1970 p.137
1969 · 1 edition WB2KOU · class T
Edgar Summer 1969 p.137
1966 · 1 edition WB2KOU
Edgar J. Kleinhans 174 Kinderkamack Rd. Spring 1966 p.124
None · 1 edition WB2KOU · class T
Mark L Madcharo 708 Rosa Rd, Schenectady, NY 12309 None p.173
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB2KOU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB2KOU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.