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WD9JFU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 13, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 13, 2000
Previous holder: ARNE W LUNKE
Held WD9JFU Apr 12, 1988 → Apr 12, 1998
· first licensed Apr 12, 1988 as WD9JFU
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WD9JFU, 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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 8, 1999 · 12 discs WD9JFU
· General · issued Apr 12, 1988, expires Apr 12, 1998
ARNE W. LUNKE
6449 N OGALLAH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60631
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 WD9JFU
ARNE W LUNKE
6449 N OGALLAH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60631
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.
1995 → 1996 · 2 editions WD9JFU · class G
Arne W Lunke 6449 N O~allah St, C Icai, O, IL 60631 1995 p.1771, Winter 1996 p.1827
1989 · 1 edition WD9JFU · class G
Arne W Lunke 6449 N Ogallah St, Chicago, IL 60631 Winter 1989 p.1236
1984 · 1 edition WD9JFU · class G
Arne Wlunke B449 Nogallah St, Chicago Winter 1984 p.1167
1980 → 1983 · 2 editions WD9JFU · class T
Arne W Lunke 913 Forest Ave, Evanston, IL 60202 Winter 1980 p.1042, Winter 1983 p.1124
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9JFU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9JFU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.