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WB9CHI HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 27, 2019.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 27, 2019
Previous holder: RONALD E YOSS
Held WB9CHI May 19, 1987 → Jul 26, 2017
· first licensed May 19, 1987 as WB9CHI
· 1 license · FRN 0016752297 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WB9CHI, 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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs WB9CHI
· Advanced · issued Jul 9, 1997, expires Jul 9, 2007
RONALD E. YOSS
2451 E WATER ST, OSSIAN, IN 46777
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WB9CHI
· Advanced · issued May 19, 1987, expires May 19, 1997
RONALD E YOSS
135 EAST LINE ST, GENEVA, IN 46740
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 WB9CHI
RONALD E YOSS
Attn: Ronald E Yoss 2451 E WATER ST, OSSIAN, IN 46777
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.
1996 · 1 edition WB9CHI · class A
E Line St Geneva , IN 46740 1996 p.1782
1995 · 1 edition WB9CHI
A ~~~1j'll~~: ~s 135 E Line St Geneva Winter 1995 p.1694
1993 · 1 edition WB9CHI
A ~:i~fj9{"y~ S 1l5 E Line St Geneva Winter 1993 p.1495
1992 · 1 edition WB9CHI
A 135 E Line St Geneva, IN 46740 1992 p.1377
1988 → 1991 · 3 editions WB9CHI · class A
Ronald E Yoss 135 E Line St, Geneva, IN 46740 Winter 1988 p.1181, Winter 1990 p.1220, Winter 1991 p.1322
1987 · 1 edition WB9CHI · class A
Ronald E Yoss !35 East Line St, Geneva, IN 46740 Winter 1987 p.1149
1983 → 1986 · 2 editions WB9CHI · class A
Ronald E Yoss 135 East Line St, Geneva, IN 46740 Winter 1983 p.1087, Winter 1986 p.1130
1976 → 1980 · 4 editions WB9CHI · class A
Ronald E Yoss 135 E Line St, Geneva 46740 In Winter 1976 p.579, Winter 1977 p.628, Winter 1979 p.949, Winter 1980 p.1007
1975 · 1 edition WB9CHI · class G
David E Lucas Rfd 9, Columbia Crty 4b725 In Winter 1975 p.579
1971 → 1974 · 4 editions WB9CHI · class A
Ronald E Yoss 135 E Line St, Geneva Winter 1971 p.568, Fall 1971 p.569, Winter 1972 p.575, 1974 p.542
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9CHI in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9CHI beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.