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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)
WB9RPY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 4, 2001.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 4, 2001
Previous holder: JOHN A PETERSON
Held WB9RPY Mar 31, 1987 → Feb 3, 1999
· first licensed Mar 31, 1987 as WB9RPY
· 2 licenses · FRN 0009347212 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9RPY, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: , None → Des Plaines, IL
W9RPYExpiredAdvanced · vanityFeb 3, 1999 → Feb 3, 2009 (expired)
WB9RPYCanceledAdvancedMar 31, 1987 → Feb 3, 1999 (canceled)
Licensee
JOHN A PETERSON
Address
Last granted
Effective
Last action
Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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 7, 1999 → Apr 17, 2003 · 9 discs W9RPY
· Advanced · issued Feb 3, 1999, expires Feb 3, 2009
· previously WB9RPY
JOHN A. PETERSON
466 DOVER DR, DES PLAINES, IL 60018
Seen Apr 4, 1997 → Nov 11, 1998 · 3 discs WB9RPY
· Advanced · issued Dec 26, 1996, expires Dec 26, 2006
JOHN A PETERSON
466 DOVER DR, DES PLAINES, IL 60018
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs WB9RPY
· Advanced · issued Mar 31, 1987, expires Mar 31, 1997
JOHN A PETERSON
466 DOVER DR, 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 → Oct 25, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as WB9RPY
JOHN A PETERSON
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 25, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as W9RPY
JOHN A PETERSON
1665 Oakton Place - #306, 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.
1994 · 1 edition WB9RPY · class A
John A Peterson 466 Dover Dr, Des Plaines, IL 60018 1994 p.1670
1987 · 1 edition WB9RPY · class A
John A Peterson 4bb Dover Or, Des Plaines Il &0016 Winter 1987 p.1213
1984 → 1986 · 2 editions WB9RPY · class A
John A Peterson 4bb Dover Dr, Des Plaines Il Boo!b Winter 1984 p.1200, Winter 1986 p.1198
1979 → 1983 · 4 editions WB9RPY · class A
G Joiv1 A Peterson 4 66 Dover Dr, Des Plmes, IL 60018 Winter 1979 p.494, Winter 1980 p.1064, 1981 p.1003, Winter 1983 p.1154
1977 · 1 edition WB9RPY · class T
John A Peterson 4&& Dover Dr, Des Plaines &0018 Il Winter 1977 p.665
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9RPY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9RPY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.