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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)
WB9HKG HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 17, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 17, 2000
Previous holder: LOREN S CHISM
Held WB9HKG Feb 16, 1988 → Feb 16, 1998
· first licensed Feb 16, 1988 as WB9HKG
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WB9HKG, before the FCC's online records
WB9HKGExpiredGeneralFeb 16, 1988 → Feb 16, 1998 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 8, 1999 · 12 discs WB9HKG
· General · issued Feb 16, 1988, expires Feb 16, 1998
LOREN S. CHISM
100 MILL RD, ADDISON, IL 60101
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 WB9HKG
LOREN S CHISM
100 MILL RD, ADDISON, IL 60101
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.
1982 → 1997 · 6 editions WB9HKG · class G
Loren S Chism 100 Mill Rd, Addison ., IL 60101 Winter 1982 p.1082, Winter 1984 p.1159, Winter 1986 p.1157, Winter 1987 p.1175, Winter 1990 p.1248, 1997 p.1881
None → 1980 · 10 editions WB9HKG · class G
Loren Schim 1002 N Leamington, Chicago &0651 Il None p.556, Fall 1971 p.588, Winter 1972 p.591, Winter 1973 p.588, Winter 1974 p.587, Winter 1975 p.581, Winter 1976 p.591, Winter 1977 p.640, Winter 1979 p.971, Winter 1980 p.1035
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9HKG in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9HKG beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.