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WB9CAD HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 10, 2026.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 10, 2026
Previous holder: CURTIS D RUGRODEN
Held WB9CAD Jul 10, 1984 → Sep 9, 2024
· first licensed Jul 10, 1984 as WB9CAD
· 1 license · FRN 0011208972 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WB9CAD, 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 31, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 17 discs WB9CAD
· General · issued Sep 9, 1994, expires Sep 9, 2004
CURTIS D. RUGRODEN
802D RAMBLEWOOD CT, SAVOY, IL 61874
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9CAD
· General · issued Jul 10, 1984, expires Jul 10, 1994
CURTIS D RUGRODEN
3726 MARIGOLD DR, FORT WAYNE, IN 46815
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 WB9CAD
CURTIS D RUGRODEN
303 E. Eisenhower Dr., Philo, IL 61864
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 WB9CAD · class G
Curtis D Rugroden B01-D Ramblewood Ct, Savoy, IL 61874 1997 p.1849
1996 · 1 edition WB9CAD · class G
Curtis D Rugroden 801-D Ram~ewood Ct, Savoy, IL 61874 1996 p.1781
1990 → 1994 · 3 editions WB9CAD · class G
Curtis 0 Rugroden 3726 Marigold Dr, Fort Wayne, IN 46815 Winter 1990 p.1218, 1992 p.1375, 1994 p.1585
1988 · 1 edition WB9CAD · class G
Curtis D Rugroden 3716 Marigold Dr, Fort Wayne, IN 46815 Winter 1988 p.1180
1987 · 1 edition WB9CAD · class G
Curtis Drugrodrn 372& Marigold Dr, Fort Wayne Winter 1987 p.1148
1986 · 1 edition WB9CAD · class G
Curtis Drugroden 3726 Mariiold Dr, Fort Wayne, IN 46815 Winter 1986 p.1128
1985 · 1 edition WB9CAD · class G
Curtis Drugroden 371b Mariiold Dr, Fort Wayne Winter 1985 p.1131
1984 · 1 edition WB9CAD · class G
Curtis Drugroden 3716 Mariiold Br, Fort Wayne Winter 1984 p.1129
1980 · 1 edition WB9CAD · class G
Curtis 0 Rugroden 3726 Marigold Dr, Fort Wayne, IN 46815 Winter 1980 p.1006
1972 → 1977 · 6 editions WB9CAD · class G
Curtis D Rugroden 50& Garfield, Philo &18&4 Il Winter 1972 p.574, Winter 1973 p.573, Winter 1974 p.572, Winter 1975 p.568, Winter 1976 p.578, Winter 1977 p.627
None → 1971 · 3 editions WB9CAD · class G
Curtis D Rugroden 506 Garfield, Philo None p.541, Winter 1971 p.568, Fall 1971 p.568
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9CAD in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9CAD beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.