🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 3, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CST
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)
WB9RFT HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 13, 2003.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested May 18, 2022 as choice 7:
not granted, that applicant got WB9AAT instead.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 13, 2003
Previous holder: ANTHONY V SCHRODER
Held WB9RFT Feb 12, 1991 → Feb 12, 2001
· first licensed Feb 12, 1991 as WB9RFT
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WB9RFT, before the FCC's online records
WB9RFTExpiredAdvancedFeb 12, 1991 → Feb 12, 2001 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 25, 2002 · 18 discs WB9RFT
· Advanced · issued Feb 12, 1991, expires Feb 12, 2001
ANTHONY V. SCHRODER
500 W TOUHY 21B, DES PLAINES, IL 60018
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 WB9RFT
ANTHONY V SCHRODER
500 W TOUHY 21B, DES PLAINES, IL 60018
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.
1995 → 1996 · 2 editions WB9RFT · class A
Anthony V Schroder 500 W Touhy 11-B, Des Plaines, IL 60018 1995 p.1808, Winter 1996 p.1868
1987 → 1994 · 2 editions WB9RFT · class A
Anthony V Schroder 500 W Touhy 21-B, Des Plaines, IL 60018 Winter 1987 p.1212, 1994 p.1668
1985 · 1 edition WB9RFT
G Anthon~ V Schroder 500 W Tou~ 21-B, Des Plaines Il B0018 Winter 1985 p.1201
1983 → 1984 · 2 editions WB9RFT · class G
Anthony V Schroder 500 W Touhy 21-B, Des Plaines, IL 60018 Winter 1983 p.1153, Winter 1984 p.1199
1982 · 1 edition WB9RFT
G ~:~~~b~r~hroder 500 W Touhy Av·#2l·b Winter 1982 p.1115
1980 · 1 edition WB9RFT · class G
Anthony V Schroder 500 W Touhy Av-#21-B Winter 1980 p.1063
Others Requesting WB9RFT
1 application listed WB9RFT as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9RFT in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9RFT beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.