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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)
WB6CHI HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — WB6CHI was last held in the 1990s (license expired Oct 20, 1997), before the FCC's online records begin, so the two-year wait is long over. Confirm in the FCC's vanity system before applying.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not in the FCC's online records (1999 → now), but held before then: see below.
Held Before 1999
WB6CHI 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 → Apr 21, 1996 · 6 discs WB6CHI
· General · issued Oct 20, 1987, expires Oct 20, 1997
MICHAEL S HIGGINS
18 SAN LUCAS, NEWBURY PARK, CA 91320
WB6CHI 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.
1987 → 1988 · 2 editions WB6CHI · class G
Michael S Higgins 18 San Lucas, Newbury Par, CA 91110 Winter 1987 p.753, Winter 1988 p.773
1981 → 1984 · 3 editions WB6CHI · class G
Michael S Higgins 1560 Fremont Dr, Thousand Oaks =, CA 91360 1981 p.602, Winter 1983 p.713, Winter 1984 p.744
1979 · 1 edition WB6CHI
G Mk:i1ael S Higg~s 1560 Fremont Or, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 Winter 1979 p.126