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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)
WD9GKS HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 24, 2018.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 24, 2018
Previous holder: KENNETH A KOCH
Held WD9GKS Jul 8, 1986 → Apr 23, 2016
· first licensed Jul 8, 1986 as WD9GKS
· 1 license · FRN 0014616254 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9GKS, 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 Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 13 discs WD9GKS
· Technician Plus · issued Apr 23, 1996, expires Apr 23, 2006
KENNETH A. KOCH
10146 ARROW RD, TREMONT, IL 61568
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 21, 1996 · 4 discs WD9GKS
· Technician Plus · issued Jul 8, 1986, expires Jul 8, 1996
KENNETH A KOCH
RR 2 BOX 207, TREMONT, IL 61568
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD9GKS
· Technician · issued Jul 8, 1986, expires Jul 8, 1996
KENNETH A KOCH
RR 2 BOX 207, TREMONT, IL 61568
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 WD9GKS
KENNETH A KOCH
10146 ARROW RD, TREMONT, IL 61568
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 WD9GKS · class P
Kenneth A ~och 10146 Arrow Rd, Tremont, IL 61568 1997 p.1875
1996 · 1 edition WD9GKS · class T
Kenneth A Koch Rr 1 Box 207, Tremont, IL 61568 1996 p.1808
1995 · 1 edition WD9GKS · class T
Kenneth A Koch Rr 1box107, Tremont, IL 61568 1995 p.1752
1987 · 1 edition WD9GKS · class T
Kenneth A Koch Rr 2 Box 207, Tremont Il Bl568 A Mark A Nelson, 1252b S York Ave Apt C, Hawthorne, CA 90250 Winter 1987 p.1171
1985 · 1 edition WD9GKS
N ·kenneth A Koc~ Rr 2 Box 128-A Tremont Il Bl5bb Winter 1985 p.1156
1984 · 1 edition WD9GKS · class N
Kenneth A Koch Rural Route L, Morton, IL 61550 Winter 1984 p.1154
1983 · 1 edition WD9GKS
M Donald A Cameron Pob 82, Hatfield, IN 47617 Winter 1983 p.1110
1981 · 1 edition WD9GKS · class N
Kenneth A Koch Rural Route 1, Morton 1981 p.966
1980 · 1 edition WD9GKS · class N
Kenneth A Koch Rural Route L, Morton, IL 61550 Winter 1980 p.1031
1979 · 1 edition WD9GKS · class N
Kenneth A Koch 421 Wa!rr"' Pt, Wasllin~on, IL 61571 Winter 1979 p.459
None · 1 edition WD9GKS · class N
Kenneth A Koch Rural Route 1, Morton, IL 61550 None p.1030
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9GKS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9GKS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.