🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 3, 2026) · next update today 6:00 am CST
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)
WB9HEB HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 6, 2026.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 6, 2026
Previous holder: JOHN L KRAATZ
Held WB9HEB Nov 26, 1991 → Mar 5, 2024
· first licensed Nov 26, 1991 as WB9HEB
· 1 license · FRN 0002958122 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1973 as WB9HEB, before the FCC's online records
WB9HEBExpiredAdvancedNov 26, 1991 → Mar 5, 2024 (expired)
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 WB9HEB
· Advanced · issued Apr 10, 1996, expires Dec 21, 2003
JOHN L. KRAATZ
425 DOG WALK RD, ANNA, IL 62906
Seen May 3, 1994 → Oct 26, 1995 · 4 discs WB9HEB
· Advanced · issued Dec 21, 1993, expires Dec 21, 2003
JOHN L KRAATZ
RT 2 BOX 400A, ANNA, IL 62906
Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc WB9HEB
· Technician · issued Nov 26, 1991, expires Nov 26, 2001
JOHN L KRAATZ
RT 2 BOX 400A, ANNA, IL 62906
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 WB9HEB
JOHN L KRAATZ
425 DOG WALK RD, ANNA, IL 62906
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 WB9HEB · class A
John L Kraatz Rt 2 Box 400-A, Anna, IL 62906 1996 p.1812
1995 · 1 edition WB9HEB · class A
John L Kraatz Rt 1 Box 400-A, Anna, IL 61906 1995 p.1757
1994 · 1 edition WB9HEB · class T
John L Kraatz Rt 2 Box 400-A, Anna L 62906 1994 p.1617
1983 · 1 edition WB9HEB · class T
John L Kraatz Pob 153, Dongola, WI 54115 Winter 1983 p.1114
1973 → 1982 · 7 editions WB9HEB · class T
J O H N L Kraatz Box 153, Dongola 62926 I L Winter 1973 p.587, 1974 p.555, Winter 1975 p.581, Winter 1976 p.590, Winter 1977 p.639, Winter 1979 p.970, Winter 1982 p.1080
None · 1 edition WB9HEB
T Ion L Rests Box 153 Dongola None p.555
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9HEB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9HEB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.