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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)
WB9NQD HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 23, 2026.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 23, 2026
Previous holder: CHARLES A FINKE
Held WB9NQD Jan 6, 1984 → Mar 22, 2024
· first licensed Jan 6, 1984 as WB9NQD
· 1 license · FRN 0003002896 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9NQD, before the FCC's online records
WB9NQDExpiredAdvancedJan 6, 1984 → Mar 22, 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 WB9NQD
· Advanced · issued Mar 22, 1994, expires Mar 22, 2004
CHARLES A. FINKE
RR 1 BOX 284, FRANCISCO, IN 47649
Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc WB9NQD
· Advanced · issued Jan 6, 1984, expires Jan 6, 1994
CHARLES A FINKE
RR 1 BOX 284, FRANCISCO, IN 47649
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 27, 2010 → Nov 1, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as WB9NQD
CHARLES A FINKE
5976 E 250 S, FRANCISCO, IN 47649
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.
1980 → 1983 · 3 editions WB9NQD · class A
Charles A Finke Rr 1 Box 284, Francisco Jn 47649 Winter 1980 p.1054, Winter 1982 p.1107, Winter 1983 p.1143
1979 · 1 edition WB9NQD · class A
Charles A Flflke Rfd L-Box 284. Francisco N 47649 Olympia Fields, IL 60461 Winter 1979 p.484
1977 · 1 edition WB9NQD · class A
Charles A Finke Rfd L·box 284, Francisco 47649 In Winter 1977 p.655
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9NQD in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9NQD beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.