🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 3, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CST
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)
WA9CED HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 23, 2017.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 23, 2017
Previous holder: DON F COOMBS
Held WA9CED Apr 7, 1987 → Dec 22, 2015
· first licensed Apr 7, 1987 as WA9CED
· 2 licenses · FRN 0013718069 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1967 as WA9CED, before the FCC's online records
KW4PJActiveAdvancedDec 22, 2015 → expires Feb 11, 2027
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 WA9CED
· Advanced · issued Feb 11, 1997, expires Feb 11, 2007
DON F. COOMBS
2944 OLD ORCHARD RD, FORT WAYNE, IN 46804
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs WA9CED
· Advanced · issued Apr 7, 1987, expires Apr 7, 1997
DON F COOMBS
2944 OLD ORCHARD RD, FORT WAYNE, IN 46804
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Dec 18, 2016 → Nov 1, 2026 · 28 snapshots · as KW4PJ
DON F COOMBS
804 AZALEA TRACE DR, FOLEY, AL 36535
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.
1985 → 1997 · 3 editions WA9CED · class A
Don F Coombs 1944 Old Orchard Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46804 Winter 1985 p.1132, 1995 p.1726, 1997 p.1850
1971 → 1983 · 8 editions WA9CED · class A
Don F. Coombs 2944 Old Orchard Rd, Fort Wayne ~ 46804 Winter 1971 p.568, Fall 1971 p.569, Winter 1972 p.574, Winter 1975 p.568, Winter 1976 p.578, Winter 1979 p.440, Winter 1980 p.1006, Winter 1983 p.1087
1970 · 1 edition WA9CED · class G
Don F. Coohbs 9 2944 Old Orchard Ro Fort Wayne 1 N Spring 1970 p.566
1967 → 1969 · 2 editions WA9CED · class G
Don F. Coombs 2944 Old Orchard Ro, Fort Wayll.je In Fall 1967 p.554, Summer 1969 p.554
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9CED in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9CED beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.