🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 4, 2026) · next update today 9:45 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)
WD9HTX HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 6, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 6, 2000
Previous holder: JAMES E KRAUS
Held WD9HTX Jan 5, 1988 → Jan 5, 1998
· first licensed Jan 5, 1988 as WD9HTX
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9HTX, before the FCC's online records
WD9HTXExpiredTechnician PlusJan 5, 1988 → Jan 5, 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 WD9HTX
· Technician Plus · issued Jan 5, 1988, expires Jan 5, 1998
JAMES E. KRAUS
BOX D24 RR 13, MUNCIE, IN 47302
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD9HTX
· Technician · issued Jan 5, 1988, expires Jan 5, 1998
JAMES E KRAUS
BOX D24 RR 13, MUNCIE, IN 47302
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 WD9HTX
JAMES E KRAUS
BOX D24 RR 13, MUNCIE, IN 47302
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.
1989 · 1 edition WD9HTX · class T
James E Kraus Rr 13 Box 0-24, Muncie, IN 47302 Winter 1989 p.1230
1987 · 1 edition WD9HTX · class N
James E Kraus Rr Lj Box 0-14, Muncie, IN 47301 Winter 1987 p.1176
1985 · 1 edition WD9HTX · class N
James E Kraus Sox D24 Rr 13, Muncie, IN 47302 Winter 1985 p.1163
1981 → 1983 · 3 editions WD9HTX · class N
James E Kraus Box D24 Rr 13, Muncie 1981 p.973, Winter 1982 p.1083, Winter 1983 p.1117
1979 → 1980 · 2 editions WD9HTX · class N
James E Kraus Box 199-0, De Solo, IN 47302 Winter 1979 p.465, Winter 1980 p.1036
None · 1 edition WD9HTX · class N
James E Kraus Box D24 Rr 13, Muncie None p.1037
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9HTX in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9HTX beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.