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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)
WD9AHX HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 25, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Nov 25, 2000
Previous holder: RICHARD D ZABEL
Held WD9AHX Jun 2, 1992 → Nov 24, 1998
· first licensed Jun 2, 1992 as WD9AHX
· 2 licenses · FRN 0006313720 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9AHX, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: , None → Plainfield, IL
W9UHFActiveTechnician · vanityNov 24, 1998 → expires Nov 24, 2028
WD9AHXCanceledTechnicianJun 2, 1992 → Nov 24, 1998 (canceled)
Licensee
RICHARD D ZABEL
Address
Last granted
Effective
Last action
Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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 27, 2002 → Apr 17, 2003 · 3 discs W9UHF
· Technician · issued Feb 6, 2002, expires Nov 24, 2008
· previously WD9AHX
RICHARD D ZABEL
PO BOX 524, MOKENA, IL 60448-0524
Seen Apr 7, 1999 → Nov 1, 2001 · 6 discs W9UHF
· Technician · issued Nov 24, 1998, expires Nov 24, 2008
· previously WD9AHX
RICHARD D. ZABEL
PO BOX 712, PROSPECT HEIGHTS, IL 60070
Seen Apr 4, 1997 → Nov 11, 1998 · 3 discs WD9AHX
· Technician · issued Jan 9, 1997, expires Jan 9, 2007
RICHARD D ZABEL
PO BOX 712, PROSPECT HEIGHTS, IL 60070
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs WD9AHX
· Technician · issued Jun 2, 1992, expires Jun 2, 2002
RICHARD D ZABEL
POB 763, LAKE ZURICH, IL 60047
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 22, 2014 → Nov 1, 2026 · 41 snapshots · as W9UHF
RICHARD D ZABEL
PO Box 603 Plainfield, IL 60544
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.
1984 → 1993 · 5 editions WD9AHX · class T
Ric Ard D Zabel 14 Orchard Ln, Hawthornwoods, IL 00047 Winter 1984 p.1119, Winter 1985 p.1122, Winter 1988 p.1172, Winter 1989 p.1188, 1993 p.1483
1982 · 1 edition WD9AHX · class T
William P Mc Donough 4079 N 98th St, Wauwatosa, WI 53222 Winter 1982 p.1043
1980 → 1981 · 2 editions WD9AHX · class T
Richard D Zabel 14 Orchard Ln, Hawthornwoods Il 6-0047 Winter 1980 p.995, 1981 p.931
1979 · 1 edition WD9AHX · class T
Ri Rd D Zabel 14 Orchard Llt, Hawthornwoods, IL 60047 Winter 1979 p.429
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9AHX in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9AHX beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.