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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)
W9CBI HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — W9CBI was last held in the 1990s (license expired Apr 14, 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.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Mar 11, 2024 as choice 2:
not granted, that applicant got K9CBI instead.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
W9CBI 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 → Apr 7, 1999 · 11 discs W9CBI
· General · issued Apr 14, 1987, expires Apr 14, 1997
LEON DE LIGHTER
415 WESLEY APT 45, OAK PARK, IL 60302
W9CBI 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.
1996 · 1 edition W9CBI · class G
Leon De L~hter 415 Wesley Av! 45, Oak Park, IL 60301 1996 p.1781
1990 · 1 edition W9CBI · class G
Leon Oe Lighter 415 Wesley Ave 45, Oak Park, IL 60302 Winter 1990 p.1218
1983 → 1987 · 3 editions W9CBI · class G
Leon De Lighter 415 Wesley Apt 45, Oak Park, IL 60302 Winter 1983 p.1086, Winter 1984 p.1130, Winter 1987 p.1148
1971 → 1978 · 7 editions W9CBI · class G
Leon De Lighter 831 Garfield St, Oak Park B0304 Il Winter 1971 p.568, Fall 1971 p.568, 1974 p.542, Winter 1975 p.568, Winter 1976 p.578, Winter 1977 p.627, Winter 1978 p.873
1969 · 1 edition W9CBI · class G
Leon De L I G H T E R 8 3 1 Garfield S T, Oak Park Summer 1969 p.554
1967 · 1 edition W9CBI · class G
Leon De Lighter 831 Garfield St, Oak Park Il Fall 1967 p.554
1966 · 1 edition W9CBI
Leon Oe Lighter 15 N.parksil'je Av, Chicago -4-4 Ill Spring 1966 p.509
1964 · 1 edition W9CBI
L E O N De L I G H T E R 15 N . P A R K S I D E A V, C H I C A G O 4 4 Ill Fall 1964 p.495
1963 · 1 edition W9CBI
Leon De Lighter 15 N.parkside Av, Chicag0 ., 44 I Ll Summer 1963 p.528
1962 · 1 edition W9CBI
Leon 0e Lighter* 15 N.parkside Av Chicago 44 Ill Fall 1962 p.508
1952 → 1961 · 11 editions W9CBI
Leon De Lighter 15 No. Parkside A V E., Chicago 44, 111. Fall 1952 p.264, Fall 1953 p.273, Spring 1954 p.283, Fall 1954 p.286, Fall 1955 p.341, Spring 1956 p.338, Fall 1957 p.404, Summer 1958 p.418, Spring 1959 p.431, Spring 1961 p.501, Fall 1961 p.524
1941 → 1951 · 6 editions W9CBI
Leon Delighter 15 N. Parkside Av., Chicago. Armory, E. First & Des Moines Sts., Des Spring 1941 p.168, Summer 1946 p.180, Fall 1948 p.203, Summer 1949 p.195, Summer 1950 p.201, Spring 1951 p.236
1941 · 1 edition W9CBI
Leon Detaghter 15 N. Parkside Av., Chicago. Moines, IA Winter 1941 p.187
1935 → 1940 · 6 editions W9CBI
Leon Dellghter 15 N. Parkside Av., Chicago. W9cfb-) W.jjgylll Portable) Gerald Tipton, <108 E. Spring 1935 p.179, Spring 1936 p.278, Fall 1937 p.154, Winter 1938 p.157, Spring 1938 p.148, Spring 1940 p.171
None → 1933 · 2 editions W9CBI · class G
Leon De Lighter 831 Garfield St, Oak Park 60304 None p.542, Spring 1933 p.123
Others Requesting W9CBI
1 application listed W9CBI as a choice, newest first.