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WB9OTV HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 25, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 25, 2010
Previous holder: RONALD E FARGUSSON
Held WB9OTV Oct 13, 1987 → Apr 24, 2008
· first licensed Oct 13, 1987 as WB9OTV
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB9OTV, 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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs WB9OTV
· Technician Plus · issued Apr 24, 1998, expires Apr 24, 2008
RONALD E. FARGUSSON
2748 SELKIRK RD, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62702
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Mar 9, 1998 · 7 discs WB9OTV
· Technician Plus · issued Oct 13, 1987, expires Oct 13, 1997
RONALD E FARGUSSON
2748 SELKIRK RD, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62702
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9OTV
· Technician · issued Oct 13, 1987, expires Oct 13, 1997
RONALD E FARGUSSON
2748 SELKIRK RD, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62702
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 WB9OTV
RONALD E FARGUSSON
2748 SELKIRK RD, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62702
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 WB9OTV · class T
Ronald E Fargusson 1748 Selkirlc Rd, Springfield, IL 61701 1997 p.1930
1995 · 1 edition WB9OTV · class T
Ronald E Fargusson 1748 Lkir R, S~ringf~ld, IL 61701 1995 p.1797
1991 · 1 edition WB9OTV · class T
Ronald E Fargusson 1748 Selkirk Rd, Springfield, IL 61701 Winter 1991 p.1382
1990 · 1 edition WB9OTV · class T
Ronald E Fargusson 2748 Selkirl< Rd, Springfield, IL 62702 Winter 1990 p.1274
1987 · 1 edition WB9OTV · class T
Ronald E Fargusson 2748 Selkirk Rd, Springfield, IL 62702 Winter 1987 p.1203
1985 → 1986 · 2 editions WB9OTV · class T
Ronald E Fargusson 1748 Selkirk Rd, Springfield, IL 62701 Winter 1985 p.1192, Winter 1986 p.1187
1984 · 1 edition WB9OTV · class T
Ronald E Fargusson 2748 Stlkirk Rd, Springfitld, IL 62702 Winter 1984 p.1190
1983 · 1 edition WB9OTV · class T
Ronald E Fargusson 2748 Selkirk Rd, Springfield, IL 62702 Winter 1983 p.1147
1979 → 1980 · 2 editions WB9OTV · class T
Ronald E Fargusson 1406 Lincolnwood Dr, Uibana, IL 61801 Winter 1979 p.487, Winter 1980 p.1057
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9OTV in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9OTV beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.