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WB9SLS HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 11, 2018.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 11, 2018
Previous holder: EARL G THOMPSON JR
Held WB9SLS Mar 17, 1987 → Dec 10, 2016
· first licensed Mar 17, 1987 as WB9SLS
· 1 license · FRN 0013508379 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB9SLS, before the FCC's online records
WB9SLSExpiredAdvancedMar 17, 1987 → Dec 10, 2016 (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 4, 1997 → Apr 7, 1999 · 4 discs WB9SLS
· Advanced · issued Dec 10, 1996, expires Dec 10, 2006
EARL G THOMPSON JR
190 SUNNYSIDE AVE, ELMHURST, IL 60126
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs WB9SLS
· Advanced · issued Mar 17, 1987, expires Mar 17, 1997
EARL G THOMPSON JR
190 SUNNYSIDE AVE, ELMHURST, IL 60126
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 WB9SLS
EARL G THOMPSON JR
177 W. FREMONT AVE., ELMHURST, IL 60126
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.
1991 → 1997 · 3 editions WB9SLS · class A
Earl G Thompson Jr 190 Sunnyside Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60116 Winter 1991 p.1394, 1994 p.1675, 1997 p.1946
1986 · 1 edition WB9SLS · class A
Earl G Thompson Jr J 90 Sunnyside Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126 Winter 1986 p.1201
1983 → 1985 · 2 editions WB9SLS · class A
Earl G Thompson Jr 190 Sunnyside Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126 Winter 1983 p.1156, Winter 1985 p.1206
1980 · 1 edition WB9SLS · class G
Earl Gthompson Jr 208 Alexander Blvd, Elmhurst, IL 60126 Winter 1980 p.1066
1979 · 1 edition WB9SLS · class G
Earl G Thompson Jr 208 Aie, Ander Blvd, Elmiu ~, IL 50126 Winter 1979 p.496
None → 1977 · 2 editions WB9SLS · class G
Earl G Thompson Jr 190 Sunnyside Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126 None p.1076, Winter 1977 p.667
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9SLS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9SLS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.