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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)
WB9RFU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 25, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 25, 2006
Previous holder: KENNETH H SANDHAGE
Held WB9RFU May 1, 1984 → May 24, 2004
· first licensed May 1, 1984 as WB9RFU
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9RFU, before the FCC's online records
WB9RFUExpiredGeneralMay 1, 1984 → May 24, 2004 (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 Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 17 discs WB9RFU
· General · issued May 24, 1994, expires May 24, 2004
KENNETH H. SANDHAGE
5756 LANGHORN DR, COLUMBUS, OH 43235
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9RFU
· General · issued May 1, 1984, expires May 1, 1994
KENNETH H SANDHAGE
3601 STONEVIEW DR, KOKOMO, IN 46902
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 WB9RFU
KENNETH H SANDHAGE
5756 LANGHORN DR, COLUMBUS, OH 43235
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.
1985 · 1 edition WB9RFU · class G
Kenneth Hsandhage 3b01 Stoneview Dr, Kokomo Winter 1985 p.1201
1977 → 1983 · 5 editions WB9RFU · class G
Kenneth H Sandhage 3601 Stoneview Dr, Kokomo, IN 46901 Winter 1977 p.664, Winter 1979 p.1001, Winter 1980 p.1063, Winter 1982 p.1115, Winter 1983 p.1153
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9RFU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9RFU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.