🕒 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)
WD9DRC HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 25, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 25, 2010
Previous holder: GARY J KATZAN
Held WD9DRC Aug 16, 1988 → Jul 24, 2008
· first licensed Aug 16, 1988 as WD9DRC
· 1 license · FRN 0003043601 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9DRC, 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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs WD9DRC
· Technician Plus · issued Jul 24, 1998, expires Jul 24, 2008
GARY J. KATZAN
404 ORCHARD ST, FOX RIVER GROVE, IL 60021
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Mar 9, 1998 · 7 discs WD9DRC
· Technician Plus · issued Aug 16, 1988, expires Aug 16, 1998
GARY J KATZAN
404 ORCHARD ST, FOX RIVER GROVE, IL 60021
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD9DRC
· Technician · issued Aug 16, 1988, expires Aug 16, 1998
GARY J KATZAN
404 ORCHARD ST, FOX RIVER GROVE, IL 60021
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 WD9DRC
GARY J KATZAN
404 ORCHARD ST, FOX RIVER GROVE, IL 60021
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.
1996 → 1997 · 2 editions WD9DRC · class T
Gary J Katzan 404 Orchard St, Fox River Gro", IL 60021 1996 p.1790, 1997 p.1858
1994 · 1 edition WD9DRC · class T
Ruby J Etheridge 1013 W Florence, Denison, TX 75020 1994 p.1595
1990 → 1992 · 2 editions WD9DRC · class T
Gary J Katzan 404 Orchard St, Fox River Grove, IL 60011 Winter 1990 p.1228, 1992 p.1385
1984 · 1 edition WD9DRC · class T
Gary J Katm 404 Orchard St, Fox River Grove Il· B0011 Winter 1984 p.1140
1979 → 1980 · 2 editions WD9DRC · class T
Gary J Katzan 404 Orchard St, Fox River Grove, IL 60021 Winter 1979 p.447, Winter 1980 p.1015
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9DRC in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9DRC beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.