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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)
WA9VBM HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 10, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 10, 2010
Previous holder: ARTHUR H TRAINER
Held WA9VBM Dec 8, 1987 → Jan 9, 2008
· first licensed Dec 8, 1987 as WA9VBM
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WA9VBM, before the FCC's online records
WA9VBMExpiredTechnician PlusDec 8, 1987 → Jan 9, 2008 (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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs WA9VBM
· Technician Plus · issued Jan 9, 1998, expires Jan 9, 2008
ARTHUR H. TRAINER
1915 NTH 11TH, TERRE HAUTE, IN 47804
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 4, 1997 · 6 discs WA9VBM
· Technician Plus · issued Dec 8, 1987, expires Dec 8, 1997
ARTHUR H TRAINER
1915 NTH 11TH, TERRE HAUTE, IN 47804
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WA9VBM
· Technician · issued Dec 8, 1987, expires Dec 8, 1997
ARTHUR H TRAINER
1915 NTH 11TH, TERRE HAUTE, IN 47804
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 WA9VBM
ARTHUR H TRAINER
1915 NTH 11TH, TERRE HAUTE, IN 47804
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 WA9VBM · class T
Arthur H Trainer !915 N 11th, Terre Haute Jn 47804 1997 p.1960
1996 · 1 edition WA9VBM · class T
Arthur H Trainer 1915 N 11th, Terre Haute, IN 47804 1996 p.1888
1995 · 1 edition WA9VBM · class T
Arthur H Trainer 1915 N Llth, Tmo Haut•, IN 47804 1995 p.1829
1994 · 1 edition WA9VBM · class T
Arthur H Trainer 1915 N 11th, Terre Haute, IN 47804 1994 p.1688
1984 → 1988 · 4 editions WA9VBM · class T
Arthur Htrainer 1915 Nth 11th, Terre Haute, IN 47804 Winter 1984 p.1208, Winter 1985 p.1213, Winter 1986 p.1211, Winter 1988 p.1258
1971 → 1982 · 8 editions WA9VBM · class T
Arthur H Trainer 1915 N 11th St, Terre Haute, IN 47804 Winter 1971 p.615, Fall 1971 p.615, Winter 1972 p.621, Winter 1975 p.615, Winter 1976 p.625, Winter 1979 p.1012, Winter 1980 p.1074, Winter 1982 p.1126
1969 · 1 edition WA9VBM · class T
Arthur H T R A I N E R 1 9 1 5 N 11th St, Terre Haute I N Summer 1969 p.594
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9VBM in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9VBM beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.