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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)
WB9MFB 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: RONALD E SHIMEK
Held WB9MFB Mar 2, 1984 → Mar 5, 2024
· first licensed Mar 2, 1984 as WB9MFB
· 1 license · FRN 0010117380 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1976 as WB9MFB, before the FCC's online records
WB9MFBExpiredGeneralMar 2, 1984 → 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 May 3, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 18 discs WB9MFB
· General · issued Jan 18, 1994, expires Jan 18, 2004
RONALD E. SHIMEK
1516 CLARK ST, MANITOWOC, WI 54220
Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc WB9MFB
· General · issued Mar 2, 1984, expires Mar 2, 1994
RONALD E SHIMEK
1516 CLARK ST, MANITOWOC, WI 54220
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 WB9MFB
RONALD E SHIMEK
1134 S 36th St, MANITOWOC, WI 54220
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 WB9MFB · class G
Ronald 1516 Clark ~~manitowoc Winter 1996 p.1845
1991 → 1995 · 3 editions WB9MFB · class G
Ronald E Shimek 1516 Clark St, Manitowoc, WI 54220 Winter 1991 p.1375, 1994 p.1645, 1995 p.1785
1987 · 1 edition WB9MFB · class G
Ronald E Shimek 151& Clark St, Manitowoc, WI 54110 Winter 1987 p.1194
1985 · 1 edition WB9MFB · class G
Ronald E Shimek 1516 Clark St, Manitowoc, WI 54210 Winter 1985 p.1182
1984 · 1 edition WB9MFB · class G
Ronald E Shimek 151& Clark St, Manitowoc, WI 54210 Winter 1984 p.1180
1983 · 1 edition WB9MFB · class G
Ronald E Shimek 1516 Clark St, Manitowoc, WI 54220 Winter 1983 p.1137
1980 · 1 edition WB9MFB · class G
Ronald E Shimek 1sl6 Clark St, Manitowoc, WI 54220 Winter 1980 p.1051
1979 · 1 edition WB9MFB · class G
Ronald E Shinek 1516 Clark Si Manitowoc, WI 54220 Winter 1979 p.479
1976 → 1977 · 2 editions WB9MFB · class G
Ronald E Shimek 1516 Clark St, Manitowoc 54220 Wi Winter 1976 p.603, Winter 1977 p.651
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9MFB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9MFB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.