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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)
WB9NKN HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 30, 1999.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 30, 1999
Previous holder: NEAL WINSTON
Held WB9NKN Sep 29, 1987 → Sep 29, 1997
· first licensed Sep 29, 1987 as WB9NKN
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1975 as WB9NKN, before the FCC's online records
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 → Apr 7, 1999 · 11 discs WB9NKN
· General · issued Sep 29, 1987, expires Sep 29, 1997
NEAL WINSTON
1302 BURNING BUSH LN, MOUNT PROSPECT, IL 60056
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 WB9NKN
NEAL WINSTON
1302 BURNING BUSH LN, MOUNT PROSPECT, IL 60056
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.
1994 → 1997 · 3 editions WB9NKN · class G
Neal Winston 1302 Burning Bush Ln, Mount Prospect, IL 60056 1994 p.1650, 1996 p.1849, 1997 p.1921
1992 · 1 edition WB9NKN · class G
Neal Winston 1302 Burnin~ Bush Ln, Mount Prospect, IL 60056 1992 p.1438
1987 · 1 edition WB9NKN · class G
Neal Winston 96 Black Awk Rd, Highland Park, IL 60035 Winter 1987 p.1198
1985 · 1 edition WB9NKN · class G
Neal Winston 9b Black Awk Rd, Highland Park Il B0035 Winter 1985 p.1186
1983 · 1 edition WB9NKN · class G
David A Peden 1907 Engle Dr, Muncie, IL 60035 Winter 1983 p.1141
1980 · 1 edition WB9NKN · class G
Neal Winston 96 Blackhawk Rd, Highland Pk, IL 60035 Winter 1980 p.1054
1977 → 1979 · 2 editions WB9NKN · class G
Neal Winston 90 Blackhawk Rd, Highland Pk O003s Il Winter 1977 p.655, Winter 1979 p.483
1975 → 1976 · 2 editions WB9NKN · class G
Neal Winston 800 Kimball Rd, Highland Pk 60035 Il Winter 1975 p.600, Winter 1976 p.606
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9NKN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9NKN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.