🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 3, 2026) · next update today 7:15 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)
WB9SPB HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 26, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 26, 2007
Previous holder: JOHN C DIENHART
Held WB9SPB Mar 1, 1985 → Apr 25, 2005
· first licensed Mar 1, 1985 as WB9SPB
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9SPB, before the FCC's online records
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 Oct 26, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 15 discs WB9SPB
· Novice · issued Apr 25, 1995, expires Apr 25, 2005
JOHN C. DIENHART
PO BOX 6, MENOMONEE FALLS, WI 53052-0006
Seen May 12, 1995 · 1 disc WB9SPB
· Novice · issued Apr 25, 1995, expires Apr 25, 2005
JOHN C DIENHART
BOX 6, MENOMONEE FALLS, WI 53052-0006
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs WB9SPB
· Novice · issued Mar 1, 1985, expires Mar 1, 1995
JOHN C DIENHART
307 1/2 S MONTGOMERY ST, WATERTOWN, WI 53094
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 WB9SPB
JOHN C DIENHART
PO Box 6 MENOMONEE FALLS, WI 53052-0006
WB9SPB in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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 WB9SPB · class N
John C Dienhart Pob 6, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 1997 p.1947
1993 → 1995 · 3 editions WB9SPB · class N
John C Dienhart 307 1/2 S Montgomery St, G Dale E Schmertman, 4140 Sotol Dr, Las Cruces, NM 88001 1993 p.1580, 1994 p.1675, 1995 p.1816
None → 1987 · 7 editions WB9SPB · class N
John C Dienhart W204 N 8525 Lannon Rd, _k9ssh T Max R Waggoner, Pob 66, Denver _, IN 46926 None p.1076, Winter 1977 p.668, Winter 1979 p.497, Winter 1980 p.1067, 1981 p.1006, Winter 1986 p.1202, Winter 1987 p.1218
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9SPB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9SPB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.