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WB9EVM HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 17, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 17, 2010
Previous holder: FREDERICK F KESSLER SR
Held WB9EVM Apr 5, 1988 → Jul 16, 2008
· first licensed Apr 5, 1988 as WB9EVM
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WB9EVM, 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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 7, 1999 · 2 discs WB9EVM
· General · issued Jul 16, 1998, expires Jul 16, 2008
FREDERICK F KESSLER SR
104 W WAYNE DR, CATLIN, IL 61817-9769
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs WB9EVM
· General · issued Apr 5, 1988, expires Apr 5, 1998
FREDERICK F KESSLER SR
1902 E MICHIGAN AVE, URBANA, IL 61801
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 WB9EVM
FREDERICK F KESSLER SR
104 W WAYNE DR, CATLIN, IL 61817-9769
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 WB9EVM · class G
Fro !rick F Kml!r Sr~ 1901 E Mich1rn Av! Urbana, IL 61801 1996 p.1798
1995 · 1 edition WB9EVM · class G
Fre Erlck F Kessler Sr& 1902 E Michigan Ave Urbana, IL 61801 1995 p.1742
1989 → 1994 · 2 editions WB9EVM · class G
Frederick F Kessler Sr 1902 E Michigan Ave, Urbana, IL 61801 Winter 1989 p.1214, 1994 p.1602
1980 → 1988 · 7 editions WB9EVM · class G
Frederick F Kessler Sr 935 Strong St, Paxton Winter 1980 p.1022, 1981 p.957, Winter 1983 p.1102, Winter 1984 p.1147, Winter 1985 p.1149, Winter 1986 p.1145, Winter 1988 p.1195
1979 · 1 edition WB9EVM
G Freder~k F Kessler 5r 93 Strong St, Paxton, IL 60957 Winter 1979 p.452
1978 · 1 edition WB9EVM · class G
Frederick F Kessler Sr 7851 W 91st. St, Hitory Hills H Winter 1978 p.885
None → 1977 · 6 editions WB9EVM · class C
Frederick F Kessler Sr 935 Strong St, Paxton None p.549, Winter 1971 p.577, Fall 1971 p.578, Winter 1972 p.582, Winter 1976 p.585, Winter 1977 p.634
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9EVM in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9EVM beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.