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WB9SNS HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 19, 2019.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 19, 2019
Previous holder: ROBERT S CRAIG
Held WB9SNS Dec 14, 1984 → Jan 18, 2017
· first licensed Dec 14, 1984 as WB9SNS
· 2 licenses · FRN 0013646211 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9SNS, before the FCC's online records
W9SNSActiveGeneral · vanityJan 18, 2017 → expires Jan 18, 2027
Licensee
ROBERT S CRAIG
Address
Attn: Robert S Craig PO Box 19 517 W CHARLES MC LEAN, IL 61754
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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs WB9SNS
· General · issued Dec 22, 1994, expires Dec 22, 2004
ROBERT S. CRAIG
517 W CHARLES; PO BOX 19, MC LEAN, IL 61754
Seen Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 4, 1997 · 2 discs WB9SNS
· General · issued Dec 22, 1994, expires Dec 22, 2004
ROBERT S CRAIG
517 W CHARLES, MC LEAN, IL 61754
Seen Oct 26, 1995 → Apr 21, 1996 · 2 discs WB9SNS
· General · issued Dec 22, 1994, expires Dec 22, 2004
ROBERT S CRAIG
PO BOX 19, MC LEAN, IL 61754
Seen May 12, 1995 · 1 disc WB9SNS
· General · issued Dec 22, 1994, expires Dec 22, 2004
ROBERT S CRAIG
BOX 19, MC LEAN, IL 61754
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs WB9SNS
· General · issued Dec 14, 1984, expires Dec 14, 1994
ROBERT S CRAIG
517 W CHARLES ST, MC LEAN, IL 61754
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 · 78 snapshots · as WB9SNS
ROBERT S CRAIG
PO Box 19 517 W CHARLES, MC LEAN, IL 61754
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 → 1995 · 2 editions WB9SNS · class G
Robert S Craig 517 W Charles St, Mc Lean, IL 61754 1994 p.1675, 1995 p.1815
1986 · 1 edition WB9SNS · class G
Robert S Craig 517 W Charles T, Mc Lean, IL 61754 Winter 1986 p.1202
1982 → 1984 · 2 editions WB9SNS · class G
Robert S Craig 101 Dixie Rd, Mc Lean, IL 61754 Winter 1982 p.1119, Winter 1984 p.1203
1979 · 1 edition WB9SNS · class T
Robert S Cra~ 92 Devi~ Dr, Bioorri'llon Il 6170t Winter 1979 p.496
1977 · 1 edition WB9SNS · class T
Robert S Craig 92 Deville Dr, Bloomington &1701 Il Winter 1977 p.668
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9SNS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9SNS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.