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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)
WA9EWZ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 23, 2011.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 23, 2011
Previous holder: ROBERT M URBAN
Held WA9EWZ Sep 23, 1986 → May 22, 2009
· first licensed Sep 23, 1986 as WA9EWZ
· 2 licenses · FRN 0015148638 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1965 as WA9EWZ, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: Chicago, IL → Clinton, WI
W9EWZActiveAmateur Extra · vanityMay 22, 2009 → expires May 22, 2029
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 27, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 13 discs WA9EWZ
· General · issued Jul 30, 1996, expires Jul 30, 2006
ROBERT M. URBAN
800 S WELLS APT 848, CHICAGO, IL 60607
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 21, 1996 · 6 discs WA9EWZ
· General · issued Sep 23, 1986, expires Sep 23, 1996
ROBERT M URBAN
430 W BARRY, CHICAGO, IL 60657
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 W9EWZ
ROBERT M URBAN
PO Box 3 CLINTON, WI 53525
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 WA9EWZ · class G
Robert M Urban Boo S We11s Apt B4b, Chicago Il B0b07 1997 p.1865
1979 → 1995 · 8 editions WA9EWZ · class G
Robert 1.1 Urban 430 W Barry, Chica~, IL 60657 Winter 1979 p.452, Winter 1980 p.1023, Winter 1982 p.1068, Winter 1983 p.1103, Winter 1986 p.1144, Winter 1988 p.1195, Winter 1989 p.1214, 1995 p.1743
1976 · 1 edition WA9EWZ · class G
Robert M Urban 428 S Maple, Oak Pk 60302 Il Winter 1976 p.585
1972 · 1 edition WA9EWZ · class G
Robert M Urban 418 S Maple, Oak Pk B0302 Il Winter 1972 p.582
1969 → 1971 · 3 editions WA9EWZ · class G
Robert M Urban 140 Harrison, Oak Park Summer 1969 p.560, Winter 1971 p.578, Fall 1971 p.578
None → 1966 · 3 editions WA9EWZ · class G
Robert M Urban 428 S Maple, Oak Pk None p.549, Summer 1965 p.514, Spring 1966 p.517
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9EWZ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9EWZ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.