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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)
WA9BYR HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 7, 2013.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jul 29, 2005 as choice 1:
granted.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 7, 2013
Previous holder: JAMES R MC CLURE
Held WA9BYR Aug 16, 2005 → Dec 6, 2011
· first licensed Mar 8, 1988 as WB5MHA
· 3 licenses · FRN 0005262498 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1963 as WA9BYR, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: Houston, TX → Grand Prairie, TX
W5BYRActiveAdvanced · vanityDec 6, 2011 → expires Dec 6, 2031
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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs WB5MHA
· Advanced · issued Nov 25, 1997, expires Nov 25, 2007
JAMES R. MC CLURE
15906 ECHO LODGE DR, HOUSTON, TX 77095
Seen May 12, 1995 → Apr 4, 1997 · 5 discs WB5MHA
· Advanced · issued Jan 31, 1995, expires Mar 8, 1998
JAMES R MC CLURE
15906 ECHO LODGE DR, HOUSTON, TX 77095
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs WB5MHA
· Advanced · issued Mar 8, 1988, expires Mar 8, 1998
JAMES R MC CLURE
11123 HOLWORTH DR, HOUSTON, TX 77072
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Apr 16, 2022 → Nov 1, 2026 · 17 snapshots · as W5BYR
JAMES R MC CLURE
2719 Hyde Park dr., Grand Prairie, TX 75050
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.
1975 · 1 edition WA9BYR · class T
Charles B Schnarel Box 523, Rochester 4&975 In Winter 1975 p.567
1969 → 1974 · 4 editions WA9BYR · class G
J I M R . Mc Clure 6 2 7 Dundee A V, Barringtcn Summer 1969 p.554, Winter 1971 p.567, Fall 1971 p.568, Winter 1974 p.572
1963 → 1966 · 3 editions WA9BYR
Jim Mc Clure 119 E. Hillside Av, Barrington Ill Summer 1963 p.528, Summer 1965 p.506, Spring 1966 p.509
None · 1 edition WA9BYR · class G
Jim R. Mc Clure 627 Dundee Av, Barrington 60010 Il None p.541
Others Requesting WA9BYR
1 application listed WA9BYR as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9BYR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9BYR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.