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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)
W9YPY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 22, 2004.
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 Feb 22, 2004
Previous holder: JAMES M CALDWELL JR
Held W9YPY Apr 28, 1999 → Feb 21, 2002
· first licensed Jul 31, 1984 as WB9YPY
· 2 licenses · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WB9YPY, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: , None → Rhinelander, WI
W9YPYCanceledGeneral · vanityApr 28, 1999 → Feb 21, 2002 (canceled)
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 May 3, 1994 → Apr 7, 1999 · 10 discs WB9YPY
· General · issued Jan 25, 1994, expires Jan 25, 2004
JAMES M CALDWELL JR
4002 S SHORE PKY, RHINELANDER, WI 54501
Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc WB9YPY
· General · issued Jul 31, 1984, expires Jul 31, 1994
JAMES M CALDWELL JR
4002 S SHORE PKY, RHINELANDER, WI 54501
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 WB9YPY
JAMES M CALDWELL JR
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 25, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as W9YPY
JAMES M CALDWELL JR
4002 S SHORE PKY, RHINELANDER, WI 54501
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 Oct 8, 1999 → Nov 1, 2001 · 5 discs W9YPY
· General · issued Apr 28, 1999, expires Apr 28, 2009
· previously WB9YPY
JAMES M. CALDWELL; JR
4002 S SHORE PKY, RHINELANDER, WI 54501
W9YPY 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.
1941 · 1 edition W9YPY
Archie E. Magnuson 209 E. Court, Spirit Winter 1941 p.218
1941 · 1 edition W9YPY
Archie E. Magnuson 209 E. Court, Spirit Wyytt-Wm. A. Newwan, 256 Irving Av. ~ .• Minne- W9yya-1'atrick, C. Heidy, 129 W. T, Uperior St., Ish· Winter 1941 p.228
1937 → 1939 · 4 editions W9YPY
Carl A.mikkelson 601 Railroad St., Rifle, CO Fall 1937 p.186, Winter 1938 p.191, Spring 1938 p.180, Spring 1939 p.184
None · 1 edition W9YPY · class G
William L Janninck 3763 N Octavia Ave, Chicago None p.1090
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9YPY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9YPY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.