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WB9ARW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 5, 2020.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 5, 2020
Previous holder: HANS P JOSEPHSEN
Held WB9ARW Oct 21, 1986 → Jan 4, 2018
· first licensed Oct 21, 1986 as WB9ARW
· 1 license · FRN 0017295817 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WB9ARW, before the FCC's online records
WB9ARWExpiredAdvancedOct 21, 1986 → Jan 4, 2018 (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 Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 13 discs WB9ARW
· Advanced · issued Aug 1, 1996, expires Aug 1, 2006
HANS P. JOSEPHSEN
239 STEWART, WAUKEGAN, IL 60085
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 21, 1996 · 6 discs WB9ARW
· Advanced · issued Oct 21, 1986, expires Oct 21, 1996
HANS P JOSEPHSEN
239 STEWART, WAUKEGAN, IL 60085
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 27, 2010 → Nov 1, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as WB9ARW
HANS P JOSEPHSEN
414 N GREEN BAY RD, WAUKEGAN, IL 60085
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 · 1 edition WB9ARW · class A
Hans P Jose~sen 239 Stewar~ Auke~an, IL 60085 1996 p.1773
1990 → 1995 · 2 editions WB9ARW · class A
Hans P Josephsen 139 Stewart, Waukegan, IL 60085 Winter 1990 p.1210, 1995 p.1718
1986 → 1989 · 2 editions WB9ARW · class A
Hans P Josephsen 239 Stewart, Wauke1an, IL 00085 Winter 1986 p.1122, Winter 1989 p.1191
1984 · 1 edition WB9ARW · class A
Hans P Joslf.hsen 139 Stewart, Wauke~an·, IL 60085 Winter 1984 p.1121
1982 → 1983 · 2 editions WB9ARW · class A
Hans P Josephsen 239 Stewart, Waukegan, IL 60085 Winter 1982 p.1044, Winter 1983 p.1077
1980 · 1 edition WB9ARW · class A
Hans P Josephsen 2128 N Elmwood-#5-A, Waukegan, IL 60085 Winter 1980 p.998
None → 1979 · 9 editions WB9ARW · class A
A Tanspae “josephsen 2129 N 8mwood-#5-A, Waukegan, IL 60085 None p.538, Winter 1971 p.564, Fall 1971 p.564, Winter 1972 p.570, Winter 1973 p.570, Winter 1975 p.565, Winter 1976 p.575, Winter 1977 p.624, Winter 1979 p.432
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9ARW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9ARW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.