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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)
WD9FJM HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 3, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 3, 2000
Previous holder: RICKEY A SMELTZER
Held WD9FJM Feb 2, 1988 → Feb 2, 1998
· first licensed Feb 2, 1988 as WD9FJM
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WD9FJM, before the FCC's online records
WD9FJMExpiredTechnician PlusFeb 2, 1988 → Feb 2, 1998 (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 31, 1994 → Oct 8, 1999 · 10 discs WD9FJM
· Technician Plus · issued Feb 2, 1988, expires Feb 2, 1998
RICKEY A. SMELTZER
RT 1 BOX 124E, FREEDOM, IN 47431
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD9FJM
· Technician · issued Feb 2, 1988, expires Feb 2, 1998
RICKEY A SMELTZER
RT 1 BOX 124E, FREEDOM, IN 47431
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 WD9FJM
RICKEY A SMELTZER
RT 1 BOX 124E, FREEDOM, IN 47431
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.
1997 · 1 edition WD9FJM · class T
Rickey A Smeltzer Rt L Box 114-E, Freedom, IN 47431 1997 p.1869
1996 · 1 edition WD9FJM · class T
Rickey A Smeltzer Rt I Box 124-E, Freedom, IN 47431 1996 p.1801
1995 · 1 edition WD9FJM · class T
Rickey A Smeltzer Rt I Box 114-E, Freedom, IN 47431 1995 p.1746
1992 · 1 edition WD9FJM · class T
Rickey A Smeltzer Rt 1 Box 114-E, Freedom, IN 47431 1992 p.1396
1990 · 1 edition WD9FJM · class T
Rickey A Smeltzer Rt 1 Box 124-E, Freedom, IN 47431 Winter 1990 p.1237
1988 · 1 edition WD9FJM · class T
Rickey A Smeltzer Rte I Box 114-E, Freedom, IN 47431 Winter 1988 p.1198
1987 · 1 edition WD9FJM · class T
Rickey A Smeltm Rte I Box 114-E, Freedom, IN 47431 Winter 1987 p.1166
1986 · 1 edition WD9FJM · class T
Rickey A Smeltzer Rte 1 Box 114-E, Freedom In 474jl Winter 1986 p.1148
1985 · 1 edition WD9FJM · class T
Rickey A Smeltzer Rte I Box 124-E, Freedom, IN 47431 Winter 1985 p.1151
1983 · 1 edition WD9FJM · class T
Rickey A Smeltzer Rfd 1-Box 125-A, Freedom, IN 62301 Winter 1983 p.1105
1980 · 1 edition WD9FJM · class T
Rickey A Smeltzer Rfd !·box 125-A, Freedom, IN 47431 Winter 1980 p.1026
None → 1979 · 2 editions WD9FJM · class T
Rickey A Smeltzer Rfd 1-Box 125-A, Freedom, IN 47431 None p.1025, Winter 1979 p.454
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9FJM in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9FJM beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.