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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)
WL7BDO HAM
Amateur Extra classlicensed since 1986 (40 yrs)Nenana, AKGrid BP54kkLoTW usereQSL AG3 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Feb 21, 2036. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Feb 22, 2038.
Currently held by CARL R HORN
· 1 holder on record
Current holder: CARL R HORN
Held WL7BDO Jul 1, 1986 → present
· first licensed Jul 1, 1986 as WL7BDO
· 1 license · FRN 0007071715 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1985 as WL7BDO, before the FCC's online records
WL7BDOActiveAmateur ExtraJul 1, 1986 → expires Feb 21, 2036
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 17, 2003 · 1 disc WL7BDO
· Amateur Extra · issued Oct 25, 2002, expires Feb 21, 2006
· previously J87CF
CARL R . HORN
707 MARKET STREET; PO BOX 69, NENANA, AK 99760-0069
Seen Oct 25, 2002 · 1 disc WL7BDO
· Amateur Extra · issued Jul 22, 2002, expires Feb 21, 2006
· previously J87CF
CARL R . HORN
PO BOX 189, NENANA, AK 99760-0189
Seen Apr 21, 1996 → Apr 27, 2002 · 12 discs WL7BDO
· Advanced · issued Feb 21, 1996, expires Feb 21, 2006
CARL R. HORN .
7155 HART ST APT E40, MENTOR, OH 44060-4936
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs WL7BDO
· Advanced · issued Jul 1, 1986, expires Jul 1, 1996
CARL R HORN
7155 HART ST E40, MENTOR, OH 44060
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Sep 27, 2026 → Oct 11, 2026 · 3 snapshots · as WL7BDO
CARL R HORN
PO Box 69 NENANA, AK 99760-0069
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 WL7BDO · class A
Carl R Horn 7155 Hart St Apt E-40, Mentor, OH 44060 1997 p.1474
1994 → 1995 · 2 editions WL7BDO · class A
Carl R Horn 7155 Hart St E-40, Mentor, OH 44060 1994 p.1268, 1995 p.1387
1988 · 1 edition WL7BDO · class T
Jolynn Woodbury 786 Samish Island Rd, Bow, WA 98131 Winter 1988 p.950
1986 · 1 edition WL7BDO · class A
Carl R Horn B5b Fairbanks St Lb-A, Fairbanks, AK 99701 Winter 1986 p.903
1985 · 1 edition WL7BDO · class G
Carl R Horn 656 Fairbanks St Lb-A, Fairbanks, AK 99701 Winter 1985 p.903
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WL7BDO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WL7BDO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.
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