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)

W9VDG HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 31, 2008.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

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

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Dec 31, 2008

Previous holder: MERLE G SINDERS

Held W9VDG Apr 7, 1987 → Dec 30, 2006 · first licensed Apr 7, 1987 as W9VDG · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1953 as W9VDG, before the FCC's online records

W9VDG Expired Technician Plus Apr 7, 1987 → Dec 30, 2006 (expired)

Licensee
MERLE G SINDERS

Address
4734 EAST 34TH ST
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46218
39.8071, -86.0996 (ZIP center) · Grid EM69wt · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Dec 30, 1996

Effective
Dec 30, 1996

Last action
Dec 31, 2008
FCC actions (1)
- Dec 31, 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 4, 1997 → Apr 17, 2003 · 12 discs
W9VDG · Technician Plus · issued Dec 30, 1996, expires Dec 30, 2006
MERLE G. SINDERS
4734 EAST 34TH ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46218
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Oct 27, 1996 · 5 discs
W9VDG · Technician Plus · issued Apr 7, 1987, expires Apr 7, 1997
MERLE G SINDERS
4734 EAST 34TH ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46218
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs
W9VDG · Technician · issued Apr 7, 1987, expires Apr 7, 1997
MERLE G SINDERS
4734 EAST 34TH ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46218

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 25, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as W9VDG
MERLE G SINDERS
4734 EAST 34TH ST, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46218
39.8071, -86.0996 (ZIP center) · Grid EM69wt · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

W9VDG 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.

1989 → 1996 · 4 editions
W9VDG · class T
Merle G Sinders
4734 E 34th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46118
Winter 1989 p.1276, 1994 p.1688, 1995 p.1829, 1996 p.1888
1987 · 1 edition
W9VDG · class T
Merle G Sindm
4734 East L4lh L, Indianapolis In 4b118
Winter 1987 p.1228
1986 · 1 edition
W9VDG · class T
Merle G Sinders
4734 East 34th T, Indianapolis Jn 4b11b
Winter 1986 p.1211
1985 · 1 edition
W9VDG · class T
Merle G Sinders
4734 East L4th St, Indianapolis, IN 46118
Winter 1985 p.1213
1963 → 1984 · 10 editions
W9VDG · class T
Merle G. Sinders
4734 E 34th St, Indianapolis 46218 I N
Summer 1963 p.570, Summer 1965 p.547, Winter 1971 p.615, Fall 1971 p.615, Winter 1973 p.621, Winter 1974 p.620, Winter 1978 p.935, Winter 1979 p.504, Winter 1980 p.1074, Winter 1984 p.1210
1962 · 1 edition
W9VDG
Merle G* Sinders 14734 E.34th St
Indianapolis Ind
Fall 1962 p.546
1961 · 2 editions
W9VDG
Merle G. Sinders.4734 E.34th St. Indianapoli S Ind

Spring 1961 p.537, Fall 1961 p.564
1960 · 1 edition
W9VDG
Merle G
Sinoers, 4734 F, 34th St.indianapolis Ind
Winter 1960 p.535
1959 · 1 edition
W9VDG
M Erle G. Sinders
4734 E, 34th St., Indianapous, IN
Spring 1959 p.466
1958 · 1 edition
W9VDG
M Erle G. Sinders
4737 E, 34th St., Indianapolis, IN
Summer 1958 p.450
1957 · 1 edition
W9VDG
M E R L E G . S I N D E R S
3021 N O R T H C O L O R A D O, I N D I A N A P O L I S, IN
Fall 1957 p.432
1955 → 1956 · 2 editions
W9VDG
M E R L E G. Sinders
3021 North C O L O R A D O, Indianapolis, IN
Fall 1955 p.365, Spring 1956 p.361
1953 → 1954 · 3 editions
W9VDG
Merle G. Sinders
3021 No. Colorado, Indianpolis, IN
Fall 1953 p.293, Spring 1954 p.302, Fall 1954 p.308
1946 · 1 edition
W9VDG
Harry C. Young
210 North St .. Sikeston.mo .
Summer 1946 p.214
1941 · 1 edition
W9VDG
Harry Ville
Ind. C. Young, 210 North St.. Sikeston. Mo. W 9 V I N — R . L. Burnett, 410 Harding St., Antioch, IL
Spring 1941 p.203
1941 · 1 edition
W9VDG
Harry C. Young
210 North St., Sikeston.mo.
Winter 1941 p.213
1941 · 1 edition
W9VDG
Harry C. Young
210 North St., Sikeston.mo. W9vh1\i-Nelson B. Tharp, 1623 Washington Av., Wil- Wis.
Winter 1941 p.223
1940 · 1 edition
W9VDG
Harry C. Young
210 North St., Sikeston, MO
Fall 1940 p.194
1939 → 1940 · 2 editions
W9VDG
Harry C. Young
210 North St., Sikeston. Mo. Av., Minneapolis. Minn.
Spring 1939 p.179, Spring 1940 p.202
1938 · 1 edition
W9VDG
John F. Huequist
610 Garfield, Holdrege
Spring 1938 p.175
1936 → 1938 · 3 editions
W9VDG
Harry 0. Young
210 North St., Sikeston, MO
Spring 1936 p.313, Fall 1937 p.147, Winter 1938 p.186
None · 1 edition
W9VDG · class T
Merle G Sinders
4734 East 34th St, Indianapolis
None p.1083

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

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