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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)
WB9QBF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 15, 2021.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 15, 2021
Previous holder: JOHN R SONNENBERG
Held WB9QBF Apr 21, 1987 → May 14, 2019
· first licensed Apr 21, 1987 as WB9QBF
· 1 license · FRN 0019503937 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9QBF, before the FCC's online records
WB9QBFExpiredGeneralApr 21, 1987 → May 14, 2019 (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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs WB9QBF
· General · issued May 14, 1998, expires May 14, 2008
JOHN R. SONNENBERG
1229 BELLE FLOWER RD, CARLSBAD, CA 92009
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs WB9QBF
· General · issued Apr 21, 1987, expires Apr 21, 1997
JOHN R SONNENBERG
820 ENCINITAS BLVD 101, ENCINITAS, CA 92024
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 WB9QBF
JOHN R SONNENBERG
1750 BELLA LAGUNA CT, ENCINITAS, CA 92024
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 WB9QBF · class G
John R Sonnenberg 820 Encinttas Blvd 101, Encinitas, CA 91014 Winter 1990 p.1278
1985 · 1 edition WB9QBF · class G
John R Sonnenberg B75 E Edgewood Dr, Appleton, WI 54911 Winter 1985 p.1197
1983 · 1 edition WB9QBF · class G
John R Sonnenberg 675 E Edgewddd Dr, Appleton, WI 54911 Winter 1983 p.1150
1977 → 1982 · 3 editions WB9QBF · class G
John R Sonnenberg 675 E Edgewood Dr, Appleton, WI 54911 Winter 1977 p.661, Winter 1980 p.1060, Winter 1982 p.1113
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9QBF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9QBF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.