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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)
WB9ANB HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 14, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Nov 14, 2007
Previous holder: JOHN A JACOBSON
Held WB9ANB Jan 14, 1986 → Nov 13, 2005
· first licensed Jan 14, 1986 as WB9ANB
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WB9ANB, before the FCC's online records
WB9ANBExpiredAdvancedJan 14, 1986 → Nov 13, 2005 (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 Apr 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs WB9ANB
· Advanced · issued Nov 13, 1995, expires Nov 13, 2005
JOHN A. JACOBSON
1946 THORNWOOD, WILMETTE, IL 60091
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs WB9ANB
· Advanced · issued Jan 14, 1986, expires Jan 14, 1996
JOHN A JACOBSON
1946 THORNWOOD, WILMETTE, IL 60091
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 WB9ANB
JOHN A JACOBSON
1946 THORNWOOD, WILMETTE, IL 60091
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.
1995 · 1 edition WB9ANB · class A
John A Jacobson 1946 Thornwood Wilmette , IL 60091 1995 p.1717
1990 → 1991 · 2 editions WB9ANB · class A
Jlohn A~acobson 1946 Thornwood, Wilmette, IL 60091 Winter 1990 p.1207, Winter 1991 p.1310
1987 · 1 edition WB9ANB · class A
Jolln A Jacobson 194b Thornwood, Wilmette Il B0091 T Shannon Driegle, Rr I Box B4, Vincennes, IN 47591 Winter 1987 p.1140
None → 1986 · 11 editions WB9ANB · class A
John A Jacobson 1946 Thornwood, Wilmette, IL 60091 None p.537, Winter 1971 p.563, Fall 1971 p.564, Winter 1973 p.569, 1974 p.537, Winter 1975 p.564, Winter 1976 p.574, Winter 1979 p.431, Winter 1980 p.996, Winter 1985 p.1123, Winter 1986 p.1121
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9ANB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9ANB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.