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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)
WB9ILJ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 2, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 2, 2007
Previous holder: ROBERT L BONDS
Held WB9ILJ May 24, 1985 → Mar 1, 2005
· first licensed May 24, 1985 as WB9ILJ
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1974 as WB9ILJ, before the FCC's online records
WB9ILJExpiredAdvancedMay 24, 1985 → Mar 1, 2005 (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 May 12, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 16 discs WB9ILJ
· Advanced · issued Mar 1, 1995, expires Mar 1, 2005
ROBERT L. BONDS
5952 SANGAMON, CHICAGO, IL 60621
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs WB9ILJ
· Advanced · issued May 24, 1985, expires May 24, 1995
ROBERT L BONDS
5952 SANGAMON, CHICAGO, IL 60621
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 WB9ILJ
ROBERT L BONDS
5952 SANGAMON, CHICAGO, IL 60621
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.
None → 1994 · 6 editions WB9ILJ · class A
Robert L Bonds 5952 Sangamon St, Chicago None p.559, 1974 p.559, Winter 1975 p.584, Winter 1979 p.976, Winter 1983 p.1120, 1994 p.1626
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9ILJ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9ILJ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.