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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)
KB8DBP HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — KB8DBP was last held in the 1990s (license expired Aug 11, 1997), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
KB8DBP in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 27, 1996 · 7 discs KB8DBP
· Novice · issued Aug 11, 1987, expires Aug 11, 1997
· previously KA3GRB
JOHN S HEFFREN
369 COUNTRY CLUB TER, BATTLE CREEK, MI 49015
KB8DBP in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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 · 1 edition KB8DBP · class N
John S Heffren J69 Country Club Tem Battle Creek, MI 49015 1995 p.1574
1994 · 1 edition KB8DBP · class A
Joseph R Sienkiewicz 1408 W Bent Ave, Oshkosh, WI 54901 1994 p.1443
1993 · 1 edition KB8DBP · class N
John S Heffren 3b9 Country Club Ter, Battle Creek, MI 49015 1993 p.1358
1989 → 1992 · 3 editions KB8DBP · class N
John S Heffren 369 Country Club Ter, Battle Creek Ml 49015 N David Shwartz, 5951 Stillson Pl, Youngstown, OH 44512 Winter 1989 p.1089, Winter 1990 p.1106, 1992 p.1251