N9TPB
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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)WB9BBW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 4, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Nov 4, 2009
Previous holder: SYDNEY HOFFMANN JR
Held WB9BBW Mar 1, 1988 → Nov 3, 2007
· first licensed Mar 1, 1988 as WB9BBW
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1976 as WB9BBW, before the FCC's online records
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- Licensee
- SYDNEY HOFFMANN JR
- Address
- 1280 RUDOLPH RD APT 1J
NORTHBROOK, IL 60062-1431
- Last granted
- Nov 3, 1997
- Effective
- Nov 3, 1997
- Last action
- Nov 4, 2009
FCC actions (1)
- Nov 4, 2009 — License expired LIEXP
Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 7, 1999 · 3 discs
WB9BBW · Technician Plus · issued Nov 3, 1997, expires Nov 3, 2007
SYDNEY HOFFMANN JR
1280 RUDOLPH RD APT 1J, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062-1431 - Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 4, 1997 · 6 discs
WB9BBW · Technician Plus · issued Mar 1, 1988, expires Mar 1, 1998
SYDNEY HOFFMANN JR
1280 RUDOLPH RD APT 1J, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs
WB9BBW · Technician · issued Mar 1, 1988, expires Mar 1, 1998
SYDNEY HOFFMANN JR
1280 RUDOLPH RD APT 1J, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062
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 WB9BBW
SYDNEY HOFFMANN JR
1280 RUDOLPH RD APT 1J, NORTHBROOK, IL 60062-1431
WB9BBW 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.
- 1995 → 1997 · 3 editions
WB9BBW
T ~:~r~~r~g:fmann Jr
11bo Rudolph Rd 1-J
1995 p.1720, 1996 p.1776, 1997 p.1844 - 1994 · 1 edition
WB9BBW · class T
Sydney Hoffmann Jr
1280 Rudolph Rd 1-J
Winter 1994 p.1581 - 1992 · 1 edition
WB9BBW
T ~~~rhlr~i:fmann Jr
1180 Rudolph Rd L·j
1992 p.1370 - 1987 · 1 edition
WB9BBW
T ~:~r~6
:ifmann Jr, 1180 Rudolph Rd Apt L-J
Winter 1987 p.1143 - None → 1986 · 7 editions
WB9BBW · class T
Sydney Hoffmann Jr
2737 Birchwood Ave, Wilmette
None p.1000, Winter 1976 p.576, Winter 1977 p.625, Winter 1979 p.435, Winter 1980 p.1001, Winter 1983 p.1080, Winter 1986 p.1124
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9BBW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9BBW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.