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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)
WB9NWW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 24, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 24, 2000
Previous holder: PHILIP J LIPOVAC
Held WB9NWW Feb 23, 1988 → Feb 23, 1998
· first licensed Feb 23, 1988 as WB9NWW
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB9NWW, before the FCC's online records
WB9NWWExpiredGeneralFeb 23, 1988 → Feb 23, 1998 (expired)
Licensee
PHILIP J LIPOVAC
Address
2042 31ST ROCK ISLAND, IL 00000
Last granted
Feb 23, 1988
Effective
Feb 23, 1988
Last action
Feb 24, 2000
FCC actions (1)
Feb 24, 2000 — License expired LIEXP
Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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 WB9NWW
· General · issued Feb 23, 1988, expires Feb 23, 1998
PHILIP J. LIPOVAC
2042 31ST, ROCK ISLAND, IL
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 WB9NWW
PHILIP J LIPOVAC
2042 31ST, ROCK ISLAND, IL 00000
WB9NWW in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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 → 1997 · 2 editions WB9NWW · class G
Phinp J Lipovac 2042 List, Rock Island N, 61201 1996 p.1852, 1997 p.1924
1991 → 1995 · 3 editions WB9NWW · class G
Philip J Lipovac 2042 31st, Rock Island, IL 61201 Winter 1991 p.1380, 1994 p.1653, 1995 p.1793
1985 · 1 edition WB9NWW · class G
Philip J Lipovac 1041 31st, Rock Island, IL 61101 Winter 1985 p.1188
1984 · 1 edition WB9NWW · class G
Philip J Lipovac 1041 List, Rock Island Il B!201 Winter 1984 p.1187
1979 → 1983 · 3 editions WB9NWW · class G
Philip J Lipovac 2042 31st, Rock Island, IL 61201 Winter 1979 p.992, Winter 1980 p.1055, Winter 1983 p.1144
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9NWW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9NWW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.