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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)
WA9NPY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 12, 2008.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 12, 2008
Previous holder: RONALD C CULHANE
Held WA9NPY Dec 9, 1986 → Sep 11, 2006
· first licensed Dec 9, 1986 as WA9NPY
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1965 as WA9NPY, 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 Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 13 discs WA9NPY
· General · issued Sep 11, 1996, expires Sep 11, 2006
RONALD C. CULHANE
1880 CHARLES LN, AURORA, IL 60505
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 21, 1996 · 6 discs WA9NPY
· General · issued Dec 9, 1986, expires Dec 9, 1996
RONALD C CULHANE
1880 CHARLES LN, AURORA, IL 60505
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 WA9NPY
RONALD C CULHANE
1880 CHARLES LN, AURORA, IL 60505
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.
1990 → 1994 · 2 editions WA9NPY · class G
Ronald C Culhane 1880 Charles Ln, Aurora, IL 60505 Winter 1990 p.1271, 1994 p.1651
1989 · 1 edition WA9NPY · class G
Ronald C Culhane 188d Charies Ln, Aurora, IL 60505 Winter 1989 p.1250
1988 · 1 edition WA9NPY · class G
Ronald C Culhane 1880 Charles Ln, Aurora, IL 60505 Winter 1988 p.1231
1985 → 1986 · 2 editions WA9NPY · class G
Ronald C Culhane Ibbo Charles Ln, Aurora, IL 60505 Winter 1985 p.1187, Winter 1986 p.1182
1983 · 1 edition WA9NPY · class G
Joseph S Pelszynski 416 Commercial, Danville, IL 61832 Winter 1983 p.1143
1979 → 1982 · 3 editions WA9NPY · class G
Ronald C Culhane 1880 Charles Ln, Aurora, IL 60505 Winter 1979 p.992, Winter 1980 p.1054, Winter 1982 p.1107
1977 · 1 edition WA9NPY · class G
Ronald C Cu~ane 18bo Charles Ln, Aurora 6050s Il Winter 1977 p.655
1973 → 1976 · 4 editions WA9NPY · class G
Ronald C Culhane 1880 Charles Ln, Aurora 60504 Il Winter 1973 p.609, Winter 1974 p.608, Winter 1975 p.600, Winter 1976 p.607
1972 · 1 edition WA9NPY · class G
Ronald C Culhane Ibbo Charles Ln, Aurora 60504 Il Winter 1972 p.609
1971 · 2 editions WA9NPY · class G
Ronald C Culhane 1880 Charles Ln, Aurora &0504 Il Winter 1971 p.601, Fall 1971 p.601
1970 · 1 edition WA9NPY · class G
Ronald C. Culhane Rfd 1 - Box 211-E, Aupora Il Spring 1970 p.593
1969 · 1 edition WA9NPY · class G
Ronald C . Culhane Rfd I - Box 2 1 1 - E, Aurora I L Summer 1969 p.580
1965 · 1 edition WA9NPY
Ronald C. Culhane Rfd 1 - Box 211-E, Aurora Ill Summer 1965 p.536
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9NPY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9NPY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.