N9TPB
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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)KB9WAV HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 13, 2002.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Dec 13, 2002
Previous holder: John E Spindler
Held KB9WAV Sep 29, 1998 → Dec 12, 2000
· first licensed Mar 22, 1988 as W9BVE
· 3 licenses · FRN 0002967602
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1932 as W9BVE, before the FCC's online records
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📦 Moved: Wadsworth, IL → Lake Bluff, IL
- Licensee
- John E Spindler
- Address
- 600 W WASHINGTON AVE APT 1K
LAKE BLUFF, IL 60044
- FRN
- 0002967602
- Previous call
- KB9RRV (Technician Plus)
- Last granted
- Sep 29, 1998
- Effective
- Jul 20, 2000
- Last action
- Dec 12, 2000
FCC actions (4)
- Dec 12, 2000 — License canceled LICAN
- Jul 20, 2000 — License modified LIMOD
- Jun 1, 2000 — License modified LIMOD
- Apr 1, 2000 — License issued LIISS
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📦 Moved: Gurnee, IL → Wadsworth, IL
- Licensee
- JOHN E SPINDLER
- Address
- 38575 BURR OAK LANE
WADSWORTH, IL 60083
- FRN
- 0002967602
- Last granted
- Sep 29, 1998
- Effective
- Sep 29, 1998
- Last action
- Apr 1, 2000
FCC actions (1)
- Apr 1, 2000 — License canceled LICAN
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- Licensee
- John E Spindler
- Address
- Attn: JOHN E SPINDLER
720 Shepard Ct
GURNEE, IL 60031
- FRN
- 0002967602
- Previous call
- KB9WAV (Technician Plus)
- Last granted
- Nov 19, 2020
- Effective
- Nov 19, 2020
- Last action
- Nov 19, 2020
FCC actions (4)
- Nov 19, 2020 — License renewed LIREN
- Nov 10, 2010 — License renewed LIREN
- Aug 18, 2005 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Dec 12, 2000 — License issued LIISS
Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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 13, 2001 → Apr 17, 2003 · 5 discs
W9BVE · General · issued Dec 12, 2000, expires Dec 12, 2010 · previously KB9WAV
JOHN E. SPINDLER
600 W WASHINGTON AVE APT 1K, LAKE BLUFF, IL 60044 - Seen Oct 31, 2000 · 1 disc
KB9WAV · General · issued Jul 20, 2000, expires Nov 17, 2007 · previously KB9RRV
JOHN E. SPINDLER
600 W WASHINGTON AVE APT 1K, LAKE BLUFF, IL 60044 - Seen May 2, 2000 · 1 disc
KB9WAV · Technician Plus · issued Apr 1, 2000, expires Nov 17, 2007 · previously KB9RRV
John E. Spindler
38575 Burr Oak Lane, Wadsworth, IL 60083 - Seen Nov 11, 1998 → Oct 8, 1999 · 3 discs
KB9RRV · Technician · issued Sep 29, 1998, expires Nov 17, 2007
JOHN E. SPINDLER
38575 BURR OAK LANE, WADSWORTH, IL 60083 - Seen Mar 9, 1998 · 1 disc
KB9RRV · Technician · issued Nov 17, 1997, expires Nov 17, 2007
JOHN E SPINDLER
18895 W OLD PLANK RD, WILDWOOD, IL 60030 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 8, 1999 · 12 discs
W9BVE · Advanced · issued Mar 22, 1988, expires Mar 22, 1998
JOHN G. SPINDLER
1800 DARRYL DR, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL 60004
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
- Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 25, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as W9BVE
John E Spindler
Attn: JOHN E SPINDLER
720 Shepard Ct, GURNEE, IL 60031 - Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 25, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as KB9RRV
JOHN E SPINDLER
38575 BURR OAK LANE, WADSWORTH, IL 60083 - Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 25, 2026 · 52 snapshots · as KB9WAV
John E Spindler
600 W WASHINGTON AVE APT 1K, LAKE BLUFF, IL 60044
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KB9WAV in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KB9WAV beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.