🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 13, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT
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)
WB0BUW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 25, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jun 25, 2000
Previous holder:
Held WB0BUW → Jun 24, 1998
· first licensed as WB0BUW
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
WB0BUWCanceledClub / other → Jun 24, 1998 (canceled)
Licensee
Address
Last granted
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Last action
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as WB0BUW
Earlier Holders
WB0BUW in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs WB0BUW
· General · issued Apr 25, 1989, expires Apr 25, 1999
ROBERT W SCHAFER
2426 RIDGEHAMPTON CT, RESTON, VA 22091
WB0BUW in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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 WB0BUW · class G
Robert W Schafer 2426 Ridgehampton Ct, Reston, VA 22091 1994 p.12
1983 · 1 edition WB0BUW · class G
Robert W Schafer 4101 Ne Tantara Dr, Topeka, KS 66617 Winter 1983 p.14
1981 → 1982 · 2 editions WB0BUW · class G
Bob W Schafer 1808 Dover Dr, Salina, KS 67401 1981 p.1037, Winter 1982 p.15
1980 · 1 edition WB0BUW · class G
Bob W Schafer 180g Dover Or, Salina, KS 67401 Winter 1980 p.16
1979 · 1 edition WB0BUW · class G
Bob W Schafer 180b Dover Dr, Salna, KS 67401 Winter 1979 p.15
1973 → 1976 · 3 editions WB0BUW · class G
Bob W Schafer 3396 Clare, Topeka 66611 Ks Winter 1973 p.6, 1974 p.600, Winter 1976 p.7
1972 · 1 edition WB0BUW · class G
Bob W Schafer 33% Clare, Topeka Bbbll Ks Winter 1972 p.6
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB0BUW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB0BUW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.