🕒 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)
WA9WER HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 29, 2005.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 29, 2005
Previous holder: JOHN A RUEGE SR
Held WA9WER Sep 28, 1993 → Sep 28, 2003
· first licensed Sep 28, 1993 as WA9WER
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1969 as WA9WER, 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 Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 7, 1999 · 11 discs WA9WER
· Advanced · issued Sep 28, 1993, expires Sep 28, 2003
JOHN A RUEGE SR
BOX 242, ISABEL, SD 57633
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 WA9WER
JOHN A RUEGE SR
BOX 242, ISABEL, SD 57633
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 WA9WER · class A
John A Ruege Sr Box 242, Isabel, SD 57633 1997 p.1966
1996 · 1 edition WA9WER · class A
Jolin A Ruege Sr Box 141, Isabel, SD 57633 1996 p.1893
1995 · 1 edition WA9WER · class A
John A R'"ge R Box 141, Isabel So 57633 1995 p.1835
1990 → 1994 · 3 editions WA9WER · class A
John A Ruege Sr 1609 N 18th Street, Bismarck, ND 58501 Winter 1990 p.1299, 1992 p.1467, 1994 p.1692
1986 · 1 edition WA9WER · class A
John A Ruege Sr Lb09 N 18 St, Bismarck, ND 58501 Winter 1986 p.1214
1983 · 1 edition WA9WER · class A
John A Ruege Sr 1609 N 18 St, Bismarck, ND 58501 Winter 1983 p.1166
1980 · 1 edition WA9WER · class A
John A Ruege Box 277, Oakfield, WI 53065 Winter 1980 p.1077
1974 → 1977 · 3 editions WA9WER · class A
John A Ruege 173 E Waupun St, Oakfield 53065 Winter 1974 p.622, Winter 1976 p.627, Winter 1977 p.679
1971 · 1 edition WA9WER
· later K4PT
Now Wb8 Jgc Fall 1971 p.676
1970 · 1 edition WA9WER
Emma B Peterson Box 399, Cfrro Gordo 61818 Il Spring 1970 p.609
1969 · 1 edition WA9WER · class G
John A Ruege 1 7 2 1 Ohio St, Oshkosh Summer 1969 p.597
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9WER in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9WER beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.