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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)
WB9BUG HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 7, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 7, 2007
Previous holder: HOWARD A SWINEHART
Held WB9BUG Jun 14, 1985 → Jul 6, 2005
· first licensed Jun 14, 1985 as WB9BUG
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WB9BUG, before the FCC's online records
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 26, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 15 discs WB9BUG
· Technician Plus · issued Jul 6, 1995, expires Jul 6, 2005
HOWARD A. SWINEHART
2701 LEARY LN 122, VICTORIA, TX 77901
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → May 12, 1995 · 2 discs WB9BUG
· Technician Plus · issued Jun 14, 1985, expires Jun 14, 1995
HOWARD A SWINEHART
2701 LEARY LN 122, VICTORIA, TX 77901
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9BUG
· Technician · issued Jun 14, 1985, expires Jun 14, 1995
HOWARD A SWINEHART
2701 LEARY LN 122, VICTORIA, TX 77901
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 WB9BUG
HOWARD A SWINEHART
2701 LEARY LN 122, VICTORIA, TX 77901
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.
1988 → 1994 · 2 editions WB9BUG · class T
Howard A Swinehart 2701 Leary Ln 122, Victoria, TX 77901 Winter 1988 p.1179, 1994 p.1584
1985 · 1 edition WB9BUG · class T
Howard A Swinehart Rr 1 Box 175, Warsaw In 4&580 Winter 1985 p.1130
1982 → 1983 · 2 editions WB9BUG · class T
Howard A Swinehart Rr 2 Box 175, Warsaw, IN 46580 Winter 1982 p.1051, Winter 1983 p.1084
1981 · 1 edition WB9BUG · class T
Howard A Swinehart Rfd 2-Box 640, Warsaw, IN 46580 1981 p.941
1980 · 1 edition WB9BUG · class T
Howard A Swinehart Rfd 1-Box 640, Warsaw, IN 46580 Winter 1980 p.1005
1978 → 1979 · 2 editions WB9BUG · class T
Howard A Swinehart Rfd 2-Box 640, Warsaw . Winter 1978 p.872, Winter 1979 p.946
1971 → 1977 · 7 editions WB9BUG · class T
Howard A Swinehart Rfd 2, Warsaw Winter 1971 p.567, Winter 1972 p.573, Winter 1973 p.573, 1974 p.541, Winter 1975 p.567, Winter 1976 p.577, Winter 1977 p.627
None · 1 edition WB9BUG · class T
Howard A Swinehart Rr 2 Box 175, Warsaw None p.1004
None · 1 edition WB9BUG · class T
Howard A Swinehart Rfd 2, Warsaw None p.541
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9BUG in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9BUG beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.