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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)
WA9WYS HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 30, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 30, 2000
Previous holder: EVERETT E LIGHTNER
Held WA9WYS Mar 29, 1988 → Mar 29, 1998
· first licensed Mar 29, 1988 as WA9WYS
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WA9WYS, before the FCC's online records
WA9WYSExpiredAdvancedMar 29, 1988 → Mar 29, 1998 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 8, 1999 · 12 discs WA9WYS
· Advanced · issued Mar 29, 1988, expires Mar 29, 1998
EVERETT E. LIGHTNER
RTE 2 BOX 299B, MINONG, WI 54859
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 WA9WYS
EVERETT E LIGHTNER
RTE 2 BOX 299B, MINONG, WI 54859
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.
1996 → 1997 · 2 editions WA9WYS · class A
A Ey!rett E Lightnerb Rt 2 Box 299-B Mong, WI 54859 1996 p.1898, 1997 p.1970
1995 · 1 edition WA9WYS · class A
Everett E Llghtnor Rt 2 Box 2~·8, Minong, WI 54859 1995 p.1839
1994 · 1 edition WA9WYS · class A
Everett E Lightner Rt 2 Box 299-B, Minonq, WI 54859 1994 p.1694
1992 · 1 edition WA9WYS · class A
Everett E Lightner Rt 2 Box 199-B, Minon~, WI 54859 1992 p.1470
1990 · 1 edition WA9WYS · class A
Everett E Lightner Rt 2 Box 299-8, Minong, WI 54859 Winter 1990 p.1302
1989 · 1 edition WA9WYS · class A
Everett E Lightner Rt 1 Box 199-6, Minong, WI 54859 Winter 1989 p.1283
1985 · 1 edition WA9WYS · class A
Everett E Lightner! Rte 2 Box 299-B Minong, WI 54859 Winter 1985 p.1218
1984 · 1 edition WA9WYS · class A
Everett E Lightner Rte 1 Box 199-B, Minong, WI 54859 Winter 1984 p.1215
1983 · 1 edition WA9WYS · class A
Everett E Lightner Hilltop Dr, Minong, WI 54859 Winter 1983 p.1168
1975 → 1976 · 2 editions WA9WYS · class A
Everett E Lightner 404 Richter, Rice Lake 54868 Wi Winter 1975 p.618, Winter 1976 p.628
1971 → 1972 · 3 editions WA9WYS · class G
Everett E Lightner 405 E Division Av, Barron 54812 Wi Winter 1971 p.618, Fall 1971 p.619, Winter 1972 p.625
1969 · 1 edition WA9WYS · class G
Everett E L I G H T N E R Rfo 1, Barron Summer 1969 p.599
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA9WYS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA9WYS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.