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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)
W9BPA HAM
✅ Never issued — W9BPA isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
The FCC has no record of W9BPA ever being issued.
W9BPA 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.
1966 · 1 edition W9BPA
Donald C. Ridge 619 E, 29th .. Anderson Ind Spring 1966 p.508
1965 · 1 edition W9BPA
Donald C. Ridge 619 E, 29th, Anderson Ind Summer 1965 p.505
1951 → 1963 · 12 editions W9BPA
Donald C. Ridge 1927 F L E T C H E R, Anderson, IN Spring 1951 p.235, Fall 1952 p.263, Fall 1953 p.273, Spring 1954 p.283, Fall 1954 p.286, Fall 1955 p.340, Spring 1956 p.337, Summer 1958 p.417, Spring 1961 p.500, Fall 1961 p.523, Fall 1962 p.506, Summer 1963 p.527
1950 · 1 edition W9BPA
Donald C Ridge, 1927 Fletcher, Anderson, IN Summer 1950 p.200
1948 → 1949 · 2 editions W9BPA
Donald C. Ridge 1927 Fletcher, Anderson, IN Fall 1948 p.203, Summer 1949 p.194
1939 → 1946 · 3 editions W9BPA
Richard Pilant 701 Scott St., ~ionett, MO Spring 1939 p.150, Winter 1941 p.186, Summer 1946 p.179
1935 · 1 edition W9BPA
City. Konsa•. W9b~\'v'm~~:weinacht 7515 E. End Av., Chicago. Spring 1935 p.178