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WB9RTO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 10, 2018.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Aug 10, 2018
Previous holder: GERALD E JELLISON
Held WB9RTO Jul 15, 1986 → Aug 9, 2016
· first licensed Jul 15, 1986 as WB9RTO
· 2 licenses · FRN 0014450811 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WB9RTO, before the FCC's online records
W9RTOActiveGeneral · vanityAug 9, 2016 → expires Aug 9, 2026
Licensee
GERALD E JELLISON
Address
Attn: Gerald Jellison 1241 East State Route 26 PORTLAND, IN 47371
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 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs WB9RTO
· General · issued Feb 22, 1996, expires Feb 22, 2006
GERALD E. JELLISON
R 3 BOX 96, PORTLAND, IN 47371
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs WB9RTO
· General · issued Jul 15, 1986, expires Jul 15, 1996
GERALD E JELLISON
R 3 BOX 96, PORTLAND, IN 47371
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Jan 14, 2016 → Nov 1, 2026 · 63 snapshots · as WB9RTO
GERALD E JELLISON
Attn: Gerald Jellison 1241 East State Route 26, PORTLAND, IN 47371
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.
1997 · 1 edition WB9RTO · class G
Gerald E Jellison Ro 3 Box 96, Portland, IN 47371 1997 p.1943
1995 · 1 edition WB9RTO · class G
Gerald E Jelrison Rfd L Box 96, Portland, IN 47171 1995 p.1811
1990 → 1992 · 2 editions WB9RTO · class G
Gerald E Jellison Rfd 3 Box 96, Portland, IN 47371 Winter 1990 p.1283, 1992 p.1451
1985 · 1 edition WB9RTO · class G
Gerald E Jellison 141 E Jrd St, Portland, IN 47371 Winter 1985 p.1203
1984 · 1 edition WB9RTO · class G
Gerald E Jellison 142 E Rd St, Portland, IN 47371 Winter 1984 p.1201
1983 · 1 edition WB9RTO · class G
Gerald E Jellison 142 E 3rd St, Portland, IN 47371 Winter 1983 p.1154
1982 · 1 edition WB9RTO · class G
Gerald Ejellison 142 E3rd S, Portland, IN 47371 Winter 1982 p.1117
None → 1981 · 5 editions WB9RTO · class G
Gerald E Jellison 142 E 3rd St, Portland, IN 47371 None p.1074, Winter 1978 p.923, Winter 1979 p.494, Winter 1980 p.1064, 1981 p.1003
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9RTO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9RTO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.