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)

WA9BPJ HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 10, 2009.

2x3 call: any licensee 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 Jan 10, 2009

Previous holder: W E SHUSTER

Held WA9BPJ Apr 28, 1987 → Jan 9, 2007 · first licensed Apr 28, 1987 as WA9BPJ · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1962 as WA9BPJ, before the FCC's online records

WA9BPJ Expired General Apr 28, 1987 → Jan 9, 2007 (expired)

Licensee
W E SHUSTER

Address
500 E MAIN
MC LEANSBORO, IL 62859
38.0660, -88.5397 (ZIP center) · Grid EM58rb · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Jan 9, 1997

Effective
Jan 9, 1997

Last action
Jan 10, 2009
FCC actions (1)
- Jan 10, 2009 — 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
WA9BPJ · General · issued Jan 9, 1997, expires Jan 9, 2007
W E. SHUSTER
500 E MAIN, MC LEANSBORO, IL 62859
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs
WA9BPJ · General · issued Apr 28, 1987, expires Apr 28, 1997
W E SHUSTER
500 E MAIN, MC LEANSBORO, IL 62859

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Nov 1, 2026 · 52 snapshots · as WA9BPJ
W E SHUSTER
500 E MAIN, MC LEANSBORO, IL 62859
38.0660, -88.5397 (ZIP center) · Grid EM58rb · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

WA9BPJ 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.

1988 → 1992 · 5 editions
WA9BPJ · class G
W E Shuster
500 E Main, Mc Leansboro, IL 62859
Winter 1988 p.1178, Winter 1989 p.1198, Winter 1990 p.1215, Winter 1991 p.1318, 1992 p.1373
1987 · 1 edition
WA9BPJ
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Winter 1987 p.1146
1967 → 1986 · 12 editions
WA9BPJ · class G
W.e. Shuster
500 E Main, Mc Leans80ro Il
Fall 1967 p.552, Summer 1969 p.553, Winter 1971 p.566, Fall 1971 p.567, Winter 1976 p.577, Winter 1977 p.626, Winter 1979 p.438, Winter 1980 p.1004, Winter 1982 p.1050, Winter 1983 p.1083, Winter 1985 p.1129, Winter 1986 p.1127
1962 · 1 edition
WA9BPJ
W.e. Shuster
503 E. Main, Mc Leansboro Ill
Fall 1962 p.506

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9BPJ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9BPJ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.