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WB9RFC HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 1, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 1, 2000
Previous holder: JOSEPH S SUAREZ
Held WB9RFC Feb 17, 1987 → Sep 30, 1998
· first licensed Feb 17, 1987 as WB9RFC
· 2 licenses · FRN 0018095935 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB9RFC, before the FCC's online records
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 W9RFC
· Advanced · issued Sep 30, 1998, expires Sep 30, 2008
· previously WB9RFC
S JOSEPH SUAREZ
2421 QUEENSWAY RD, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62703-5025
Seen Apr 4, 1997 → Mar 9, 1998 · 2 discs WB9RFC
· Advanced · issued Dec 2, 1996, expires Dec 2, 2006
S JOSEPH SUAREZ .
2421 QUEENSWAY RD, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62703-5025
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs WB9RFC
· Advanced · issued Feb 17, 1987, expires Feb 17, 1997
S JOSEPH SUAREZ
2421 QUEENSWAY RD, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62703
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 W9RFC
JOSEPH S SUAREZ
Attn: Joseph Suarez 2421 QUEENSWAY RD, SPRINGFIELD, IL 62703-5025
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.
1996 · 1 edition WB9RFC · class A
S Jose~ Suarez 2421 Queensw~ Rd, Springfield, IL 62703 1996 p.1867
1994 · 1 edition WB9RFC · class N
Morris A De Bel 6828 Hillsboro Ln, Fort Wayne, IN 46815 1994 p.1668
1991 · 1 edition WB9RFC · class A
S Joseph Suarez 2421 Queensway Rd, Springfield, IL 62103 Winter 1991 p.1390
1989 · 1 edition WB9RFC · class A
S Joseph Suarez 2411 Queensway Rd, Springfield, IL 62103 Winter 1989 p.1261
1979 → 1984 · 5 editions WB9RFC · class A
S Joseph Suarez 2421 Queensway Rd, Springfield, IL 62703 Winter 1979 p.1001, Winter 1980 p.1063, Winter 1982 p.1115, Winter 1983 p.1152, Winter 1984 p.1199
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9RFC in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9RFC beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.