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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)
WB9JVE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 23, 1999.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 23, 1999
Previous holder: THOMAS E DOWNEY
Held WB9JVE Dec 22, 1987 → Dec 22, 1997
· first licensed Dec 22, 1987 as WB9JVE
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1975 as WB9JVE, before the FCC's online records
WB9JVEExpiredGeneralDec 22, 1987 → Dec 22, 1997 (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 WB9JVE
· General · issued Dec 22, 1987, expires Dec 22, 1997
THOMAS E. DOWNEY
5 WILLOW BROOK, BELLEVILLE, IL 62221
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 WB9JVE
THOMAS E DOWNEY
5 WILLOW BROOK, BELLEVILLE, IL 62221
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.
1989 → 1992 · 3 editions WB9JVE · class G
Thomas E Downey 5 Willow Brook, Belleville, IL 61111 Winter 1989 p.1238, Winter 1990 p.1259, 1992 p.1422
1985 → 1986 · 2 editions WB9JVE · class G
Thomas E Downey 5 Wilow Brook, Belleville Il B1221 Winter 1985 p.1172, Winter 1986 p.1168
1982 → 1984 · 3 editions WB9JVE · class G
Thomas E Downey 940 N 86th St, East Saint Louis, IL 62203 Winter 1982 p.1094, Winter 1983 p.1127, Winter 1984 p.1171
1979 · 1 edition WB9JVE · class G
Thomas E Downey 940 N 86th 5t, E St Louis, IL 62203 Winter 1979 p.473
1977 · 1 edition WB9JVE · class G
Thomas E Downey 940 N 8bth St, E St Louis &2203 Il Winter 1977 p.645
1976 · 1 edition WB9JVE · class G
Thomas E Downey 940 N 86th St, E St Louis 62203 Il Winter 1976 p.597
1975 · 1 edition WB9JVE · class G
Thomas E Downey 'j40 N 86th St, E St Louis 62203 Il Winter 1975 p.588
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9JVE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9JVE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.