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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)
W9VBQ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 19, 2022.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 19, 2022
Previous holder: THOMAS R MURTAUGH
Held W9VBQ Sep 18, 1990 → Sep 18, 2020
· first licensed Sep 18, 1990 as W9VBQ
· 1 license · FRN 0002691343 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1954 as W9VBQ, before the FCC's online records
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 27, 2002 → Apr 17, 2003 · 3 discs W9VBQ
· Amateur Extra · issued Apr 10, 2002, expires Sep 18, 2010
THOMAS R MURTAUGH
4224 SINGING HILL RD, WEST BEND, WI 53090
Seen Oct 31, 2000 → Nov 1, 2001 · 3 discs W9VBQ
· Advanced · issued Aug 26, 2000, expires Sep 18, 2010
THOMAS R. MURTAUGH .
4224 SINGING HILL RD, WEST BEND, WI 53090
Seen May 2, 2000 · 1 disc W9VBQ
· Advanced · issued Mar 17, 2000, expires Sep 18, 2000
THOMAS R. MURTAUGH .
4224 SINGING HILL RD, WEST BEND, WI 53090
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 8, 1999 · 12 discs W9VBQ
· Advanced · issued Sep 18, 1990, expires Sep 18, 2000
THOMAS R. MURTAUGH
2318 E BEVERLY RD B, SHOREWOOD, WI 53211
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 4, 2016 → Oct 25, 2026 · 28 snapshots · as W9VBQ
THOMAS R MURTAUGH
N77 W17700 LAKE PARK DR 244, MENOMONEE FALLS, WI 53051
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.
1984 · 1 edition W9VBQ · class A
Thomas Rmurtaugh &18 S Belmont, Wichita Winter 1984 p.1208
1983 · 1 edition W9VBQ · class A
Thomas R Murtaugh 628 S Belmont, Wichita, KS 67218 Winter 1983 p.1163
1980 → 1982 · 3 editions W9VBQ · class A
Thomas R Murtaugh 3761 Turnwood Dr, Richfield, WI 53076 Winter 1980 p.1074, 1981 p.1012, Winter 1982 p.1126
1961 → 1975 · 11 editions W9VBQ · class G
Thomas R. Murtaugh 3707 N Murray Av, Milwaukee Wi Spring 1961 p.537, Fall 1961 p.564, Fall 1962 p.546, Summer 1963 p.570, Summer 1965 p.547, Spring 1966 p.551, Summer 1969 p.594, Winter 1971 p.615, Fall 1971 p.615, Winter 1972 p.622, Winter 1975 p.615
1960 · 1 edition W9VBQ
Thomas R Murtaugh, 3059 N. Maryland Av Winter 1960 p.535
1956 → 1959 · 4 editions W9VBQ
Thomas Ft.murtaugh 2214 E.ivanhoe Place, Milwaukee, WI Spring 1956 p.361, Fall 1957 p.432, Summer 1958 p.450, Spring 1959 p.466
1954 → 1955 · 3 editions W9VBQ
Thomas R. Murtaugh 3257 No. Maryland, Milwaukee, WI Spring 1954 p.302, Fall 1954 p.308, Fall 1955 p.365
1939 → 1940 · 3 editions W9VBQ
O. H. Baker 1824 Barker Av., Lawrence, KS Spring 1939 p.179, Spring 1940 p.202, Fall 1940 p.194
1936 → 1938 · 3 editions W9VBQ
O. H. Baker 940 Maine St., Lawrence, KS Spring 1936 p.312, Fall 1937 p.147, Spring 1938 p.175
None · 1 edition W9VBQ · class G
Thomas R Urtaugh 3761 Turnwood Dr None p.589
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9VBQ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9VBQ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.