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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)
WA9NVC HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 28, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jun 28, 2007
Previous holder: ROBERT A WELCH
Held WA9NVC Sep 3, 1985 → Jun 27, 2005
· first licensed Sep 3, 1985 as WA9NVC
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1968 as WA9NVC, before the FCC's online records
WA9NVCExpiredAdvancedSep 3, 1985 → Jun 27, 2005 (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 26, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 15 discs WA9NVC
· Advanced · issued Jun 27, 1995, expires Jun 27, 2005
ROBERT A. WELCH
523 MACK ST, JOLIET, IL 60435
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 12, 1995 · 4 discs WA9NVC
· Advanced · issued Sep 3, 1985, expires Sep 3, 1995
ROBERT A WELCH
523 MACK ST, JOLIET, IL 60435
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 WA9NVC
ROBERT A WELCH
523 MACK ST, JOLIET, IL 60435
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.
1994 · 1 edition WA9NVC · class A
Richard F Burns 1161 Eaton Ave, Beloit, WI 53511 1994 p.1652
1985 · 1 edition WA9NVC · class A
Robert A Welch 513 Mack St, Joliet, IL 60435 Winter 1985 p.1188
1974 → 1983 · 7 editions WA9NVC · class A
Robert A Welch 523 Mack St, Joliet 60435 Il Winter 1974 p.608, Winter 1975 p.601, Winter 1976 p.608, Winter 1979 p.484, Winter 1980 p.1055, Winter 1982 p.1107, Winter 1983 p.1144
1972 · 1 edition WA9NVC · class A
Robert A Welch 513 Mack St, Joliet 60435 Il Winter 1972 p.609
1971 · 1 edition WA9NVC · class A
Robert A Welch 523 Mack St, Joliet 60435 Il Fall 1971 p.602
1971 · 1 edition WA9NVC · class A
Robert A W~ch 523 Mack S, Joliet Winter 1971 p.601
1968 → 1970 · 3 editions WA9NVC · class G
Robert A. Welch _ 523 Mack St, Joli Et 604-35 Il Spring 1968 p.596, Summer 1969 p.580, Spring 1970 p.593
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9NVC in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9NVC beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.