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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)
WA9DXC HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 9, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 9, 2010
Previous holder: ERNEST B JOHNSON
Held WA9DXC Oct 18, 1988 → Apr 8, 2008
· first licensed Oct 18, 1988 as WA9DXC
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1969 as WA9DXC, before the FCC's online records
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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs WA9DXC
· General · issued Apr 8, 1998, expires Apr 8, 2008
ERNEST B. JOHNSON
5604 WOODBINE DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61108
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs WA9DXC
· General · issued Oct 18, 1988, expires Oct 18, 1998
ERNEST B JOHNSON
5604 WOODBINE DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61108
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 WA9DXC
ERNEST B JOHNSON
5604 WOODBINE DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61108
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.
1997 · 1 edition WA9DXC · class G
Ernest B Johnso~ 5604 Woodbine Dr Rockford Il 6!10b 1997 p.1859
1996 · 1 edition WA9DXC · class G
Ernest B Johnso~ 5604 Woodbine Or Rockford, IL 61108 1996 p.1792
1995 · 1 edition WA9DXC · class G
Ernest B Johnson 5604 Woodbine Dr, Rockford, IL 61108 1995 p.1736
1986 → 1987 · 2 editions WA9DXC · class G
Ernest B Johnson 5b04 Woodbine R, Rockford Il Bllob Winter 1986 p.1139, Winter 1987 p.1158
1984 · 1 edition WA9DXC · class G
Ernest B Johnson Ill! 15th, Rockford, IL 61108 Winter 1984 p.1142
1980 → 1983 · 3 editions WA9DXC · class G
Ernest B Johnson 1111 15th, Rockford, IL 61108 Winter 1980 p.1017, Winter 1982 p.1063, Winter 1983 p.1098
1973 → 1979 · 5 editions WA9DXC · class C
Ernest B Johnson 1111 15th St, Rockford 61108 I L Winter 1973 p.579, 1974 p.547, Winter 1975 p.573, Winter 1976 p.583, Winter 1979 p.448
1972 · 1 edition WA9DXC · class C
Ernest B Johnson Ill! 15th St, Rockford 6!108 Il Winter 1972 p.579
1969 → 1971 · 4 editions WA9DXC · class C
Ernest B . Johnson 1 1 1 1 15th S T, Rockford Summer 1969 p.558, Spring 1970 p.572, Winter 1971 p.574, Fall 1971 p.575
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9DXC in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9DXC beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.