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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)
WB9VQO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 5, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 5, 2009
Previous holder: DONALD T ARTKA
Held WB9VQO May 19, 1987 → Apr 4, 2007
· first licensed May 19, 1987 as WB9VQO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WB9VQO, before the FCC's online records
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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs WB9VQO
· General · issued Apr 4, 1997, expires Apr 4, 2007
DONALD T. ARTKA
2938 W 74TH AVE, MERRILLVILLE, IN 46410
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WB9VQO
· General · issued May 19, 1987, expires May 19, 1997
DONALD T ARTKA
2938 W 74TH AVE, MERRILLVILLE, IN 46401
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 WB9VQO
DONALD T ARTKA
2938 W 74TH AVE, MERRILLVILLE, IN 46410
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.
1987 · 1 edition WB9VQO · class G
Donald Artk~ 1938 W 74th Ave Merrillville, IN 46401 Winter 1987 p.1230
1985 · 1 edition WB9VQO · class G
Donald T Artka 1938 W 14th Ave, Merrillville, IN 40401 Winter 1985 p.1214
1983 · 1 edition WB9VQO · class G
Donald T Artka 2938 W 74th Ave, Merrillville, IN 46401 Winter 1983 p.1164
1978 → 1980 · 3 editions WB9VQO · class G
Donald T Artka 2938°w 74th Av, Merrillville Winter 1978 p.936, Winter 1979 p.1014, Winter 1980 p.1076
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VQO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VQO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.