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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)
WD9BKL HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 30, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 30, 2006
Previous holder: ROBERT L WELCHERT
Held WD9BKL Feb 17, 1984 → Mar 29, 2004
· first licensed Feb 17, 1984 as WD9BKL
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1981 as WD9BKL, before the FCC's online records
WD9BKLExpiredNoviceFeb 17, 1984 → Mar 29, 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 May 3, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 18 discs WD9BKL
· Novice · issued Mar 29, 1994, expires Mar 29, 2004
ROBERT L. WELCHERT
542 YATES AVE, CALUMET CITY, IL 60409
Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc WD9BKL
· Novice · issued Feb 17, 1984, expires Feb 17, 1994
ROBERT L WELCHERT
542 YATES AVE, CALUMET CITY, IL 60409
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 WD9BKL
ROBERT L WELCHERT
542 YATES AVE, CALUMET CITY, IL 60409
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.
1995 · 1 edition WD9BKL · class N
Roo.rt L We~~!rt 541 Vates Ave, Calumet City, IL 60409 1995 p.1722
1987 · 1 edition WD9BKL · class N
Robert L Wekhert 541 Yates Ave, Calumet City, IL 00409 Winter 1987 p.1145
1981 → 1983 · 3 editions WD9BKL · class N
Robert L Welchert 542 Yates Ave, Calumet City, IL 60409 1981 p.939, Winter 1982 p.1049, Winter 1983 p.1082
1980 · 1 edition WD9BKL · class N
Robert L Welcher! 542 Vates Ave, Calumet City, IL 60409 Winter 1980 p.1003
None → 1979 · 2 editions WD9BKL · class N
Robert L Welchert 542 Yates Ave, Calumet City None p.1002, Winter 1979 p.437
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9BKL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9BKL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.