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WB9BIO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 28, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 28, 2006
Previous holder: JOE BROWN
Held WB9BIO Jan 22, 1985 → Oct 27, 2004
· first licensed Jan 22, 1985 as WB9BIO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WB9BIO, before the FCC's online records
WB9BIOExpiredGeneralJan 22, 1985 → Oct 27, 2004 (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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs WB9BIO
· General · issued Jul 2, 1998, expires Oct 27, 2004
JOE BROWN
2852 WESTERN AVE, PARK FOREST, IL 60466
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Mar 9, 1998 · 7 discs WB9BIO
· General · issued Oct 27, 1994, expires Oct 27, 2004
JOE BROWN
1415 5TH AVE, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL 60411
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs WB9BIO
· General · issued Jan 22, 1985, expires Jan 22, 1995
JOE BROWN
1415 5TH AVE, CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL 60411
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 WB9BIO
JOE BROWN
2852 WESTERN AVE, PARK FOREST, IL 60466
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 WB9BIO · class G
Joe Brown 1415 5th Avenue, Chicago He~hts, IL 60411 1997 p.1845
1995 · 1 edition WB9BIO · class G
Joe Brown 1415 5th Av!nue, Chic~o Heights, IL 60411 1995 p.1722
1988 → 1993 · 4 editions WB9BIO · class G
Joe Brown 1415 5th Avenue, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 Winter 1988 p.1177, Winter 1990 p.1214, Winter 1991 p.1316, 1993 p.1489
1983 → 1984 · 2 editions WB9BIO · class G
Joe Brown 1415 5th Ave, Chicago Heights I L 60411 Winter 1983 p.1082, Winter 1984 p.1126
1982 · 1 edition WB9BIO · class G
Chicago Heights , IL 60411 Winter 1982 p.1048
1981 · 1 edition WB9BIO · class G
Joe Brown 1415 5th Ave, Chicago Heights Il 1] Ka9sbjw N Larry W Neff, Rfd 1-Box 195, Bourbon, IN 46504 1981 p.939
1976 → 1980 · 4 editions WB9BIO · class G
Joe Brown 1415 5th Av, Chicago Hgts 60411 Il Winter 1976 p.576, Winter 1977 p.626, Winter 1979 p.944, Winter 1980 p.1003
1975 · 1 edition WB9BIO · class G
Joe Brown 13jl Portland Av, Chicago Hgts 60411 Il Winter 1975 p.566
1973 → 1974 · 2 editions WB9BIO · class G
J O E Brown 1331 Portland A V, Chicago Hgts 60411 I L Winter 1973 p.572, 1974 p.540
1972 · 1 edition WB9BIO · class G
Joe Brown Ij3! Portland Av, Chicago Hgts B0411 Il Winter 1972 p.572
None → 1971 · 3 editions WB9BIO · class G
Joe Brown 1331 Portland Av, Chicago Hgts None p.540, Winter 1971 p.566, Fall 1971 p.565
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9BIO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9BIO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.