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)W9BQS HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 22, 2008.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Dec 8, 2010 as choice 2: not granted, that applicant got K9BQS instead.
Last requested Dec 8, 2010 as choice 2: not granted, that applicant got K9BQS instead.
📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Feb 22, 2008
Previous holder: BEN L GREGOROWICZ
Held W9BQS Jun 3, 1986 → Feb 21, 2006
· first licensed Jun 3, 1986 as W9BQS
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1948 as W9BQS, before the FCC's online records
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- Licensee
- BEN L GREGOROWICZ
- Address
- 9174 E CINDERELLA DR
CROMWELL, IN 46732
- Last granted
- Feb 21, 1996
- Effective
- Feb 21, 1996
- Last action
- Feb 22, 2008
FCC actions (1)
- Feb 22, 2008 — License expired LIEXP
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 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs
W9BQS · Amateur Extra · issued Feb 21, 1996, expires Feb 21, 2006
BEN L. GREGOROWICZ
9174 E CINDERELLA DR, CROMWELL, IN 46732 - Seen May 12, 1995 → Oct 26, 1995 · 2 discs
W9BQS · Amateur Extra · issued Mar 1, 1995, expires Jun 3, 1996
BEN L GREGOROWICZ
9174 E CINDERELLA DR, CROMWELL, IN 46732 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs
W9BQS · Amateur Extra · issued Jun 3, 1986, expires Jun 3, 1996
BEN L GREGOROWICZ
173 WEST 150 NORTH, VALPARAISO, IN 46383
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
- Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as W9BQS
BEN L GREGOROWICZ
9174 E CINDERELLA DR, CROMWELL, IN 46732
W9BQS 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.
- 1987 · 1 edition
W9BQS · class E
Ben L Gregorowicz
I 73 W11t 150 North, Valparaiso In 4b3bj
Winter 1987 p.1146 - 1984 → 1986 · 2 editions
W9BQS · class A
Ben L Gregorowicz
173 West 150 North, Valparaiso In 4b383 A David L Kliss, Pob 391, La Porte, IN 46350
Winter 1984 p.1127, Winter 1986 p.1127 - 1979 → 1982 · 4 editions
W9BQS · class G
Ben L Gregorowicz
Rfd 6-Box 216, Valparaiso, IN 46383
Winter 1979 p.946, Winter 1980 p.1004, 1981 p.941, Winter 1982 p.1050 - 1969 → 1977 · 7 editions
W9BQS · class G
Ben L . Gregorowicz
8135 Jefferson Av, Munster I N
Summer 1969 p.553, Winter 1971 p.567, Winter 1972 p.573, Winter 1973 p.573, 1974 p.541, Winter 1975 p.567, Winter 1977 p.626 - 1965 → 1967 · 2 editions
W9BQS · class G
Ben L. Gregorowicz
8i35 Jefferson Av, T.1unster In
Summer 1965 p.505, Fall 1967 p.553 - 1963 · 1 edition
W9BQS
Ben Le Gregorowicz
8135 Jefferson Av.munster Ind
Summer 1963 p.527 - 1961 · 1 edition
W9BQS
Ben L
Gregorowicz, 4609 Baring Av
Spring 1961 p.500 - 1960 · 1 edition
W9BQS
Ben L. Gregorowicz1 4609 Baring Av
Winter 1960 p.499 - 1958 · 1 edition
W9BQS
Ben L. G Regorow Icz
4609 Baring Ave., East Chicago, IN
Summer 1958 p.417 - 1956 · 1 edition
W9BQS
Ben L. Gregorowicz
4840 Wegg Ave., East Chicago, IN
Spring 1956 p.337 - 1955 · 1 edition
W9BQS
Ben L . G R E G O R O W I C Z
4840 Wegg Ave., East Chicago, IN
Fall 1955 p.340 - 1953 → 1954 · 3 editions
W9BQS
Ben L . Gregorowicz
4840 Wegg Ave., East Chicago, IN
Fall 1953 p.273, Spring 1954 p.283, Fall 1954 p.286 - 1952 · 1 edition
W9BQS
Ben L . G Regorow Icz
4840 Wegg A Ve., East Chicago, IN
Fall 1952 p.263 - 1951 · 1 edition
W9BQS
Ben L . G R E G O R O W I C Z
4840 Wegg A V E ., East Chicago, IN
Spring 1951 p.236 - 1949 → 1950 · 2 editions
W9BQS
Ben L. G Regorow Icz
4840 Wegg A Ve., East Chicago, IN
Summer 1949 p.195, Summer 1950 p.201 - 1948 · 1 edition
W9BQS
Ben L. Gregorowicz
4840 Wegg Ave., East Chicago, IN
Fall 1948 p.203 - 1939 · 1 edition
W9BQS
John R. Bell
Bldg, 2-A-15, Fort Knox, KY
Spring 1939 p.150 - None · 1 edition
W9BQS · class G
Ben L Gregorowicz
Rfd 6-Box 216
None p.541
Others Requesting W9BQS
1 application listed W9BQS as a choice, newest first.
| Filed | Award | Applicant | Choice # | W9BQS | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2010 | Dec 26, 2010 | KC9BIY · Rita C Quinn · Chicago, IL | 2 | Not granted | They got K9BQS (choice 1) |
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9BQS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9BQS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.