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WB9FYW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 13, 2018.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 13, 2018
Previous holder: FRED E INNS
Held WB9FYW Jun 24, 1986 → Apr 12, 2016
· first licensed Jun 24, 1986 as WB9FYW
· 1 license · FRN 0014914436 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1974 as WB9FYW, 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 Apr 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs WB9FYW
· Advanced · issued Mar 20, 1996, expires Mar 20, 2006
FRED E. INNS
690 CHANDLER RD, GURNEE, IL 60031-6110
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs WB9FYW
· Advanced · issued Jun 24, 1986, expires Jun 24, 1996
FRED E INNS
690 CHANDLER RD, GURNEE, IL 60031
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 18, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as WB9FYW
FRED E INNS
690 CHANDLER RD, GURNEE, IL 60031-6110
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 WB9FYW · class A
Fred E Inns 0 Chandler Rd, Gurntt, IL 60031 1996 p.1805
1991 · 1 edition WB9FYW · class A
Fred E Inns 690 Chandler Rd, Gurnee, IL 60031 Winter 1991 p.1346
1990 · 1 edition WB9FYW · class A
Stephen M Bland Pdb 3300, Terre Haute, IN 47803 Winter 1990 p.1239
1988 → 1989 · 2 editions WB9FYW · class A
Stephen M Bland Pob 3300, Terre Haute, IN 47803 Winter 1988 p.1201, Winter 1989 p.1219
1987 · 1 edition WB9FYW · class A
Fred E Inns B90 Chandler Rd, Gurnoe Il Boojl Winter 1987 p.1169
1986 · 1 edition WB9FYW · class G
Fred E Inns 690 Chandler Rd, Gurnee, IL 60031 Winter 1986 p.1150
1983 · 1 edition WB9FYW · class G
Sheryl E Benner 8509 147 St W, Taylor Ridge, IL 53182 Winter 1983 p.1108
1979 → 1982 · 4 editions WB9FYW · class G
Fred E Inns 690 Chandler Rd, Gcrnee, IL 60031 Winter 1979 p.457, Winter 1980 p.1029, 1981 p.963, Winter 1982 p.1074
1975 → 1977 · 2 editions WB9FYW · class T
Fred E Inns 001 Buckingham Pl, Libertyville 60048 Il Winter 1975 p.578, Winter 1977 p.636
None → 1974 · 2 editions WB9FYW · class T
Fred E Inns 601 Buckingham Pi, Libertyville None p.552, 1974 p.552
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9FYW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9FYW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.