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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)
WB9QKE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 5, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Aug 5, 2010
Previous holder: DONALD M WENE
Held WB9QKE Oct 25, 1988 → Aug 4, 2008
· first licensed Oct 25, 1988 as WB9QKE
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB9QKE, before the FCC's online records
WB9QKEExpiredGeneralOct 25, 1988 → Aug 4, 2008 (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 WB9QKE
· General · issued Aug 4, 1998, expires Aug 4, 2008
DONALD M. WENE
108 W JACKSON, WATSEKA, IL 60970
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs WB9QKE
· General · issued Oct 25, 1988, expires Oct 25, 1998
DONALD M WENE
108 W JACKSON, WATSEKA, IL 60970
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 WB9QKE
DONALD M WENE
108 W JACKSON, WATSEKA, IL 60970
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.
None → 1982 · 6 editions WB9QKE · class G
Donald M Wene 108 W Jackson, Watseka None p.1071, Winter 1977 p.661, Winter 1979 p.999, Winter 1980 p.1061, 1981 p.1000, Winter 1982 p.1113
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9QKE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9QKE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.