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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)
WB9RKO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 4, 2005.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 4, 2005
Previous holder: MELVIN N BRUECKNER
Held WB9RKO Apr 27, 1993 → Feb 3, 2003
· first licensed Apr 27, 1993 as WB9RKO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1976 as WB9RKO, before the FCC's online records
WB9RKOCanceledGeneralApr 27, 1993 → Feb 3, 2003 (canceled)
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 → Oct 25, 2002 · 18 discs WB9RKO
· General · issued Apr 27, 1993, expires Apr 27, 2003
MELVIN N. BRUECKNER
N7127 S CRYSTAL LAKE RD, BEAVER DAM, WI 53916
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 WB9RKO
MELVIN N BRUECKNER
N7127 S CRYSTAL LAKE RD, BEAVER DAM, WI 53916
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.
1996 → 1997 · 2 editions WB9RKO · class G
Melvin Nbrueckner N7117 S Crystal Lake Rd Winter 1996 p.1869, 1997 p.1941
1995 · 1 edition WB9RKO
G Melvin· N Brueckntr. N 7127 S Crystal Lakt Rd 1995 p.1809
1981 → 1994 · 3 editions WB9RKO · class G
Melvin N Brueckner Rt 4 Box 78, Beaverdam 1981 p.1002, Winter 1983 p.1153, 1994 p.1669
1980 · 1 edition WB9RKO · class T
Melvin N Brueckner Rfd 4-Box 7b, Beaver Dam, WI 53916 Winter 1980 p.1064
1979 · 1 edition WB9RKO · class T
Jeffrey Hopkl1s 1004 Fairfield Rd. Round Lake Beach, IL 60073 Winter 1979 p.493
None → 1977 · 3 editions WB9RKO · class T
Melvin N Brueckner Rt 4 Box 78, Beaverdam Wi Kboro A Philip J Binter Jr, 4009 Washington, Westmont, IL 60559 None p.1073, Winter 1976 p.618, Winter 1977 p.665
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9RKO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9RKO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.