🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 3, 2026) · next update today 6:00 am CST
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)
WA9ORY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 2, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 2, 2007
Previous holder: HARRY W BROWN
Held WA9ORY Feb 8, 1985 → Feb 1, 2005
· first licensed Feb 8, 1985 as WA9ORY
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1966 as WA9ORY, before the FCC's online records
WA9ORYExpiredTechnician PlusFeb 8, 1985 → Feb 1, 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 May 12, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 16 discs WA9ORY
· Technician Plus · issued Feb 1, 1995, expires Feb 1, 2005
HARRY W. BROWN
RT 3, PINCKNEYVILLE, IL 62274
Seen Oct 31, 1994 · 1 disc WA9ORY
· Technician Plus · issued Feb 8, 1985, expires Feb 8, 1995
HARRY W BROWN
RR 3, PINCKNEYVILLE, IL 62274
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA9ORY
· Technician · issued Feb 8, 1985, expires Feb 8, 1995
HARRY W BROWN
RR 3, PINCKNEYVILLE, IL 62274
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 WA9ORY
HARRY W BROWN
RT 3, PINCKNEYVILLE, IL 62274
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 WA9ORY · class P
Harry W Brown Rt 3, Pinckneyvil~, IL 61174 1997 p.1929
1983 → 1995 · 5 editions WA9ORY · class T
Harry W Brown Rr 3, Pinckneyville, IL 46158 Winter 1983 p.1147, Winter 1987 p.1203, Winter 1990 p.1274, 1994 p.1657, 1995 p.1797
1966 → 1980 · 11 editions WA9ORY · class T
Harry W. Brown Rfd 3, Pinckneyville Spring 1966 p.540, Summer 1969 p.582, Spring 1970 p.595, Winter 1971 p.603, Fall 1971 p.603, Winter 1972 p.610, 1974 p.578, Winter 1975 p.603, Winter 1976 p.610, Winter 1979 p.487, Winter 1980 p.1057
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9ORY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9ORY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.