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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)
WA9DBS HAM
✅ Never issued — WA9DBS isn't in the FCC's public license data (which starts in 1999) or the 1993–2003 callbooks, and nothing in it blocks a vanity request. Calls like this are usually granted when requested.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
The FCC has no record of WA9DBS ever being issued.
WA9DBS 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.
1971 → 1982 · 8 editions WA9DBS · class G
· later KC9FR
Robert W. Kepler Box 37, L A Porte 46350 In Winter 1971 p.571, Fall 1971 p.572, Winter 1973 p.576, 1974 p.544, Winter 1976 p.581, Winter 1979 p.445, Winter 1980 p.1012, Winter 1982 p.1059
1969 · 1 edition WA9DBS · class G
Robert W. K E P L E R 1 5 2 9 Michigan A V, La Porte I Summer 1969 p.556
1962 → 1963 · 2 editions WA9DBS
Robert W. Kepler 1529 Michigan Av, La Porte Ind Fall 1962 p.511, Summer 1963 p.532
None · 1 edition WA9DBS · class G
Robert W Kepler Box 37, La Porte . None p.544