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WB9CQU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 29, 2008.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 29, 2008
Previous holder: WALTER A GNIADEK
Held WB9CQU Jul 8, 1986 → Mar 28, 2006
· first licensed Jul 8, 1986 as WB9CQU
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1972 as WB9CQU, before the FCC's online records
WB9CQUExpiredGeneralJul 8, 1986 → Mar 28, 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 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs WB9CQU
· General · issued Mar 28, 1996, expires Mar 28, 2006
WALTER A. GNIADEK
12710 SO 70 AVE, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs WB9CQU
· General · issued Jul 8, 1986, expires Jul 8, 1996
WALTER A GNIADEK
12710 SO 70 AVE, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463
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 WB9CQU
WALTER A GNIADEK
12710 SO 70 AVE, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463
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.
1990 → 1996 · 2 editions WB9CQU · class G
Walter A Gniadek 12710 S 70th Avenue, Palos Heights, IL 60463 Winter 1990 p.1222, 1996 p.1784
1984 · 1 edition WB9CQU · class G
Walter A Gniadek 11710 So 70 Ave, Palos Heights Il B04oj Winter 1984 p.1133
1983 · 1 edition WB9CQU · class G
Walter A Gniadek 12710 So 70 Ave, Palos Heights, IL 60463 Winter 1983 p.1090
1979 · 1 edition WB9CQU · class G
Walter A Grladek 1 710 5 70th Av, Palos Hgts, IL 60463 Winter 1979 p.443
1977 · 1 edition WB9CQU · class E
Neil A. Prather Winter 1977 p.8
None → 1976 · 5 editions WB9CQU · class T
Walter A Gniadek 12710 So 70 Ave, Palos Heights None p.543, Winter 1972 p.576, Winter 1973 p.575, Winter 1974 p.574, Winter 1976 p.580
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9CQU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9CQU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.