🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 3, 2026) · next update today 7:15 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)
WB9OQE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 16, 2001.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Aug 16, 2001
Previous holder: LESTER B KARNOPP
Held WB9OQE Aug 15, 1989 → Aug 15, 1999
· first licensed Aug 15, 1989 as WB9OQE
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WB9OQE, before the FCC's online records
WB9OQEExpiredAmateur ExtraAug 15, 1989 → Aug 15, 1999 (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 → Apr 13, 2001 · 15 discs WB9OQE
· Amateur Extra · issued Aug 15, 1989, expires Aug 15, 1999
LESTER B. KARNOPP
1754 DEBRA LN, GREEN BAY, WI 54302
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 WB9OQE
LESTER B KARNOPP
1754 DEBRA LN, GREEN BAY, WI 54302
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.
1990 · 1 edition WB9OQE · class E
Lester B L<Arnopp 1754 Oebra Ln, Green Bay Wt 54302 G Walter Skoropad, 2520 W Berwyn Ave, Chicago, IL 60625 Winter 1990 p.1274
1980 → 1983 · 2 editions WB9OQE · class T
Lester B Karnopp 1754 Debra Ln, Green Bay, WI 54302 Winter 1980 p.1057, Winter 1983 p.1147
1979 · 1 edition WB9OQE · class T
Thomas R Green 5123 Meachem Rd, Racine, WI 54302 Winter 1979 p.994
1971 · 1 edition WB9OQE · class T
Rick E Svotek 521 Menasha, Reedsville 54130 Wi Fall 1971 p.574
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9OQE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9OQE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.