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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)
WB9QPY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 9, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 9, 2010
Previous holder: JAMES M DOLLINGER
Held WB9QPY Feb 2, 1988 → Jan 8, 2008
· first licensed Feb 2, 1988 as WB9QPY
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1976 as WB9QPY, before the FCC's online records
WB9QPYExpiredAdvancedFeb 2, 1988 → Jan 8, 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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs WB9QPY
· Advanced · issued Jan 8, 1998, expires Jan 8, 2008
JAMES M. DOLLINGER .
46W545 KATIE LN, BIG ROCK, IL 60511
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WB9QPY
· Advanced · issued Feb 2, 1988, expires Feb 2, 1998
JAMES M DOLLINGER
1138 LEXINGTON LN, BATAVIA, IL 60510
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 WB9QPY
JAMES M DOLLINGER
46W545 KATIE LN, BIG ROCK, IL 60511
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.
1994 · 1 edition WB9QPY · class A
James M Dollinger 1138 Lexington Ln, Batavia, IL 60510 1994 p.1665
1988 → 1990 · 2 editions WB9QPY · class T
John R Guenther 4920 W Oakdale Ave, Chicago, IL 60641 Winter 1988 p.1242, Winter 1990 p.1280
1980 → 1983 · 2 editions WB9QPY · class G
James M Dollinger 1138 Lexington Ln, Batavia, IL 60510 Winter 1980 p.1062, Winter 1983 p.1151
1979 · 1 edition WB9QPY · class G
Howard L Rose 6438 Madison Av, Hammond, IN 46324 Winter 1979 p.999
1976 · 1 edition WB9QPY · class G
James M Dollinger Rfd 2 -Box 17, Oswego 60543 Il Winter 1976 p.616
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9QPY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9QPY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.