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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)
WD9DKU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 10, 2025.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 10, 2025
Previous holder: THOMAS E BRADBURN
Held WD9DKU Mar 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 2023
· first licensed Mar 9, 1993 as WD9DKU
· 1 license · FRN 0008437782 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WD9DKU, before the FCC's online records
WD9DKUExpiredGeneralMar 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 2023 (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 Apr 17, 2003 · 1 disc WD9DKU
· General · issued Mar 6, 2003, expires Mar 9, 2013
THOMAS E BRADBURN
911 NORTH JACKSON, LITCHFIELD, IL 62056
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 25, 2002 · 18 discs WD9DKU
· General · issued Mar 9, 1993, expires Mar 9, 2003
THOMAS E. BRADBURN
1924 N MONROE, LITCHFIELD, IL 62056
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Feb 18, 2013 → Nov 1, 2026 · 46 snapshots · as WD9DKU
THOMAS E BRADBURN
911 NORTH JACKSON ST, LITCHFIELD, IL 62056
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 → 1997 · 5 editions WD9DKU · class G
Thomas E Bradburn 1914 N Monroe, Litchfield, IL 61056 Winter 1984 p.1139, Winter 1986 p.1137, 1995 p.1734, 1996 p.1789, 1997 p.1857
1979 → 1983 · 4 editions WD9DKU · class G
Thomas E Bradburn 1924 N Monroe, Litchfield, IL 62056 Winter 1979 p.954, Winter 1980 p.1013, Winter 1982 p.1061, Winter 1983 p.1095
1978 · 1 edition WD9DKU · class N
Thomas E Bradburn 1924. Monroe, Litchfield, IL 62056 Winter 1978 p.878
None · 1 edition WD9DKU · class G
Thomas E Bradburn 1924 N Monroe, Litchfield None p.1015
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9DKU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9DKU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.