🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 4, 2026) · next update today 8:30 am CST
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)
WD9CHE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 20, 2011.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 20, 2011
Previous holder: RUSSELL N HARDER
Held WD9CHE Jun 27, 1989 → May 19, 2009
· first licensed Jun 27, 1989 as WD9CHE
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WD9CHE, before the FCC's online records
WD9CHEExpiredNoviceJun 27, 1989 → May 19, 2009 (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 8, 1999 → Apr 17, 2003 · 8 discs WD9CHE
· Novice · issued May 19, 1999, expires May 19, 2009
RUSSELL N. HARDER
4829 HARDER HILL RD, STURGEON BAY, WI 54235
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 7, 1999 · 11 discs WD9CHE
· Novice · issued Jun 27, 1989, expires Jun 27, 1999
RUSSELL N HARDER
4829 HARDER HILL RD, STURGEON BAY, WI 54235
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 WD9CHE
RUSSELL N HARDER
4829 HARDER HILL RD, STURGEON BAY, WI 54235
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 → 1995 · 2 editions WD9CHE · class N
Russell Nharder 1149 Chestnut Rd, Homewood, IL 60430 Winter 1984 p.1130, 1995 p.1727
1978 → 1983 · 5 editions WD9CHE · class N
Russell N Harder 2149 Chestnut Rd, Homewood Il Winter 1978 p.873, Winter 1979 p.441, Winter 1980 p.1007, 1981 p.944, Winter 1983 p.1087
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9CHE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9CHE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.