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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)
WB9QZO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 28, 2025.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 28, 2025
Previous holder: EDWARD O BROWN
Held WB9QZO Sep 10, 1991 → Mar 27, 2023
· first licensed Sep 10, 1991 as WB9QZO
· 1 license · FRN 0008687105 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9QZO, before the FCC's online records
WB9QZOExpiredAmateur ExtraSep 10, 1991 → Mar 27, 2023 (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 Apr 17, 2003 · 1 disc WB9QZO
· Amateur Extra · issued Mar 27, 2003, expires Mar 27, 2013
EDWARD O BROWN
117 NORTH JACKSON ST, ELGIN, IL 60123-5431
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 25, 2002 · 18 discs WB9QZO
· Amateur Extra · issued Sep 10, 1991, expires Sep 10, 2001
EDWARD O. BROWN
117 NORTH JACKSON ST, ELGIN, IL 60120
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 WB9QZO
EDWARD O BROWN
117 NORTH JACKSON ST, ELGIN, IL 60123-5431
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.
1989 · 1 edition WB9QZO · class T
Edward 0 Brown 117 N Jackson St, Elgin, IL 60120 Winter 1989 p.1261
1984 · 1 edition WB9QZO · class T
Edward 0 Brown 117 North Jackson St, Elgin Il &0120 Winter 1984 p.1199
1977 → 1982 · 4 editions WB9QZO · class T
Edward 0 Brown 117 N Jackson St, Ek!in 60120 Il Winter 1977 p.663, Winter 1978 p.921, 1981 p.1001, Winter 1982 p.1115
None · 1 edition WB9QZO · class T
Edward 0 Brown 117 North Jackson St, Elgin None p.1072
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9QZO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9QZO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.