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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)
WD9JFK HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 12, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 12, 2007
Previous holder: RYLAND B SMITH
Held WD9JFK Mar 18, 1986 → Dec 11, 2005
· first licensed Mar 18, 1986 as WD9JFK
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WD9JFK, before the FCC's online records
WD9JFKExpiredNoviceMar 18, 1986 → Dec 11, 2005 (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 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs WD9JFK
· Novice · issued Dec 11, 1995, expires Dec 11, 2005
RYLAND B. SMITH
RR 2 BOX 184, LANARK, IL 61046
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs WD9JFK
· Novice · issued Mar 18, 1986, expires Mar 18, 1996
RYLAND B SMITH
RR 2 BOX 184, LANARK, IL 61046
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 WD9JFK
RYLAND B SMITH
RR 2 BOX 184, LANARK, IL 61046
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 · 1 edition WD9JFK · class N
Ryland B Smit~ Rr 1 Box 1b4 Lanm, IL 61046 1996 p.1826
1995 · 1 edition WD9JFK · class N
Ryland 8 Smith Rr 2 Box 184, Lanark, IL 61046 1995 p.1771
1993 · 1 edition WD9JFK · class N
Ryland B Smith R< 1 Box 184, Lanark Il Bl04b 1993 p.1537
1987 · 1 edition WD9JFK · class N
Ryland B Smith Rr 1 Box Ib4, Lanark, IL 61046 Winter 1987 p.1182
1985 · 1 edition WD9JFK · class N
Ryland B Smith Rr 2, Lanark, IL 61046 Winter 1985 p.1170
1984 · 1 edition WD9JFK · class N
Ryland B Smith Rr 1, Lanark Il Bl04b Winter 1984 p.1168
1983 · 1 edition WD9JFK · class N
Ryland B Smith Rr 2, Lanark, WI 54556 Winter 1983 p.1124
1980 · 1 edition WD9JFK · class N
Ryland B Smith Rfd 2, Lanark, IL 61046 Winter 1980 p.1042
1979 · 1 edition WD9JFK · class N
Ryland B Srrilh Rfd 2, Lanark, IL 61046 Winter 1979 p.471
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9JFK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9JFK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.