N9TPB FCC License Search
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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)

W9BUN HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 5, 2022.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jul 17, 2000 as choice 1: granted.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Aug 5, 2022

Previous holder: THOMAS L RUTHERFORD

Held W9BUN Aug 4, 2000 → Aug 4, 2020 · first licensed Nov 3, 1992 as N9RII · 2 licenses · FRN 0002875854

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.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Earlier Holders

W9BUN 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.
W9BUN 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.

Others Requesting W9BUN

2 applications listed W9BUN as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W9BUNResult
Jul 17, 2000 Aug 4, 2000 N9RII · THOMAS L RUTHERFORD · HAMMOND, IN 1Granted Granted this call
Jun 21, 2000 Jul 9, 2000 N9RII · THOMAS L RUTHERFORD · HAMMOND, IN 1Dismissed Application dismissed

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9BUN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9BUN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.