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WA9DBO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 16, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 16, 2000
Previous holder: RICHARD E HARRIS
Held WA9DBO Mar 15, 1988 → Mar 15, 1998
· first licensed Mar 15, 1988 as WA9DBO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1962 as WA9DBO, before the FCC's online records
WA9DBOExpiredTechnician PlusMar 15, 1988 → Mar 15, 1998 (expired)
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 31, 1994 → Oct 8, 1999 · 10 discs WA9DBO
· Technician Plus · issued Mar 15, 1988, expires Mar 15, 1998
RICHARD E. HARRIS
2015 BATESTOWN RD, DANVILLE, IL 61832
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA9DBO
· Technician · issued Mar 15, 1988, expires Mar 15, 1998
RICHARD E HARRIS
2015 BATESTOWN RD, DANVILLE, IL 61832
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 WA9DBO
RICHARD E HARRIS
2015 BATESTOWN RD, DANVILLE, IL 61832
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.
1995 · 1 edition WA9DBO · class T
Richard E ~arris 1015 Batestown Rd, Danville, IL 60559 1995 p.1732
1994 · 1 edition WA9DBO · class T
Richard E Harris 2015 Batestown Rd, Danville, IL 61832 1994 p.1591
1991 · 1 edition WA9DBO · class T
Richard E Harris 1015 Batestown Rd, Danville, IL 61832 Winter 1991 p.1327
1988 · 1 edition WA9DBO · class T
Richard E Harris 2015 Batestown Rd, Danville, IL 61831 Winter 1988 p.1186
1987 · 1 edition WA9DBO · class T
Richard E Harris 1015 Bateslown Rd, Danville, IL 61831 Winter 1987 p.1153
1971 → 1986 · 10 editions WA9DBO · class T
Richard E Harris 2015 Batestown Rd, Danville, IL 61832 Fall 1971 p.572, Winter 1972 p.577, 1974 p.544, Winter 1975 p.571, Winter 1976 p.581, Winter 1979 p.444, Winter 1980 p.1012, Winter 1982 p.1059, Winter 1983 p.1093, Winter 1986 p.1134
1971 · 1 edition WA9DBO · class G
Joe Stehling 9711 N Lake Dr, Milwaukee Winter 1971 p.571
1967 → 1969 · 2 editions WA9DBO · class T
Richard E Harr S 2015 Batestown Ro, Danville Il Fall 1967 p.556, Summer 1969 p.556
1965 · 1 edition WA9DBO
Joe Steh..ing 9711 Ne Lake Or, Milwaukee 17 Wisc Summer 1965 p.509
1963 · 1 edition WA9DBO
Richard Ee Harristo 1012 N. Meridian St Summer 1963 p.532
None → 1962 · 2 editions WA9DBO
T Ater E Harris 2015 Batestown Rd None p.544, Fall 1962 p.511
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9DBO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9DBO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.