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WB9BCK HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 10, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Aug 10, 2000
Previous holder: GILBERT A WALKER
Held WB9BCK Aug 9, 1988 → Aug 9, 1998
· first licensed Aug 9, 1988 as WB9BCK
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1969 as WB9BCK, before the FCC's online records
WB9BCKExpiredAdvancedAug 9, 1988 → Aug 9, 1998 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → May 2, 2000 · 13 discs WB9BCK
· Advanced · issued Aug 9, 1988, expires Aug 9, 1998
GILBERT A. WALKER
3705 HASTINGS RD, FORT WAYNE, IN 46805
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 WB9BCK
GILBERT A WALKER
3705 HASTINGS RD, FORT WAYNE, IN 46805
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.
1997 · 1 edition WB9BCK · class A
Gilbert A Walker 3705 Hastings Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805 1997 p.1844
1984 → 1987 · 2 editions WB9BCK · class A
Gilbert A Walker 3705 Hastin~s D, Fort Wayne, IN 46805 Winter 1984 p.1124, Winter 1987 p.1143
1981 → 1982 · 2 editions WB9BCK · class A
Gilbert A Walker 3705 Hastings Rd, Fort Wayne 1981 p.937, Winter 1982 p.1047
1979 → 1980 · 2 editions WB9BCK · class A
A Gilbert·a Walker 3705 Hasti~, T Wayne, IN 46805 Winter 1979 p.435, Winter 1980 p.1001
1978 · 1 edition WB9BCK · class A
Gilbert A Walker 3705 Hastings Fd Rd, Ft Wayne In Winter 1978 p.869
1977 · 1 edition WB9BCK · class A
Gilbert A Walker 1118 Dodge Av, Ft Wayne 40805 Winter 1977 p.625
1972 → 1976 · 5 editions WB9BCK · class A
Giibert A Walker 2218 Dodge Av, Ft Wayne 46805 In Winter 1972 p.571, Winter 1973 p.571, 1974 p.539, Winter 1975 p.566, Winter 1976 p.576
1971 · 1 edition WB9BCK
G G Lbert A Walker, 2218 Dodge Av Fall 1971 p.565
1969 → 1971 · 2 editions WB9BCK · class G
Gilbert A Walker 2 2 1 8 Dodge A V, F Ort Wayne Summer 1969 p.551, Winter 1971 p.565
None · 1 edition WB9BCK · class A
Gilbert A Walker 3705 Hastings Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46805 None p.1000
None · 1 edition WB9BCK · class G
Gilbert A Agence 2218 Dodge Av None p.539
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9BCK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9BCK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.