🕒 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)
WB9MNF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 12, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 12, 2000
Previous holder: MELVERN L BANKES
Held WB9MNF Oct 11, 1988 → Oct 11, 1998
· first licensed Oct 11, 1988 as WB9MNF
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1975 as WB9MNF, before the FCC's online records
WB9MNFExpiredGeneralOct 11, 1988 → Oct 11, 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 → May 2, 2000 · 13 discs WB9MNF
· General · issued Oct 11, 1988, expires Oct 11, 1998
MELVERN L. BANKES
5351 CTY KP, CROSS PLAINS, WI 53528
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 WB9MNF
MELVERN L BANKES
5351 CTY KP, CROSS PLAINS, WI 53528
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.
1997 · 1 edition WB9MNF · class G
Melvern L Banies 5351 Co Kp, WI 53518 1997 p.1915
1996 · 1 edition WB9MNF
G M•lvorn L Banos 5351 Co Kp, Cross Plains, WI 53528 1996 p.1845
1994 · 1 edition WB9MNF · class E
Edward J Healy 7432 N Ozark Ave, Chicago, IL 60648 1994 p.1646
1988 · 1 edition WB9MNF · class G
Melvern L Bankes 5351 Co Kp Rte !, Cross Plains, WI 53518 Winter 1988 p.1227
1987 · 1 edition WB9MNF · class G
Melvern L Bankes 5351 Co Kp Rte 1, Cross Plains, WI 53528 Winter 1987 p.1195
1980 · 1 edition WB9MNF · class G
Melvern L Bankes Route L, Cross Plains, WI 53528 Winter 1980 p.1051
1975 · 1 edition WB9MNF · class G
Melvern L Bankes Rfd L, Cross Plains 53528 Wi Winter 1975 p.596
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9MNF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9MNF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.