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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)
WB9QAE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 19, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 19, 2006
Previous holder: CARLETON C SMITH
Held WB9QAE Apr 27, 1984 → Jan 18, 2004
· first licensed Apr 27, 1984 as WB9QAE
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WB9QAE, before the FCC's online records
WB9QAEExpiredGeneralApr 27, 1984 → Jan 18, 2004 (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 WB9QAE
· General · issued Jan 18, 1994, expires Jan 18, 2004
CARLETON C. SMITH
N86 W17303 HILLCREST DR, MENOMONEE FALLS, WI 53051
Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc WB9QAE
· General · issued Apr 27, 1984, expires Apr 27, 1994
CARLETON C SMITH
N86 W17303 HILLCREST DR, MENOMONEE FALLS, WI 53051
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 WB9QAE
CARLETON C SMITH
N86 W17303 HILLCREST DR, MENOMONEE FALLS, WI 53051
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.
1988 → 1997 · 8 editions WB9QAE · class G
Carleton C Smith N 86 W 17303 Hillcrest Dr, Ka9 N Richard W Moore, Pob Wgm, Marion, IN 46951 Winter 1988 p.1240, Winter 1990 p.1277, Winter 1991 p.1386, 1993 p.1570, 1994 p.1663, Winter 1995 p.1770, Winter 1996 p.1863, 1997 p.1935
1986 → 1987 · 2 editions WB9QAE · class G
Carleton C Smith N Bb W 17l0l Hillcrest Dr, Wi 54b4b Winter 1986 p.1192, Winter 1987 p.1208
1980 → 1981 · 2 editions WB9QAE · class G
Corleton C Smith N86 Wl7303 Hillcrest Dr, ' Winter 1980 p.1060, 1981 p.999
1977 · 1 edition WB9QAE
T G~:l~~o~ N~~~a~, Bo W-17303 Hillcrest, WI Winter 1977 p.660
None · 1 edition WB9QAE · class G
Carleton C Smith N86 W17303 Hillcrest Dr None p.1070
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9QAE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9QAE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.