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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)
WB9SSF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 27, 2025.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 27, 2025
Previous holder: Richard W Primrose Jr
Held WB9SSF Jan 26, 1993 → Jan 26, 2023
· first licensed Jan 26, 1993 as WB9SSF
· 1 license · FRN 0007064124 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1971 as WA1CZQ, before the FCC's online records
WB9SSFExpiredAdvancedJan 26, 1993 → Jan 26, 2023 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 7, 1999 · 11 discs WB9SSF
· Advanced · issued Jan 26, 1993, expires Jan 26, 2003
RICHARD W PRIMROSE JR
1153 COUNTRY CLUB RD, LAKE ZURICH, IL 60047
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 WB9SSF
Richard W Primrose Jr
1153 Country Club Rd, Lake Zurich, IL 60047-2123
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 17, 2003 · 1 disc WB9SSF
· Advanced · issued Oct 30, 2002, expires Jan 26, 2013
RICHARD W PRIMROSE; JR
1153 COUNTRY CLUB RD, LAKE ZURICH, IL 60047-2123
WB9SSF 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 WB9SSF · class A
Richard W Primrose Jr Llsj Country Club Rd, West Lafayette, IN 47906 1997 p.1948
1994 → 1996 · 3 editions WB9SSF · class A
Richard W Primrose Jr 1153 Country Club Rd, W B 9 S T X A Gene A Vlastnik, 1124 Langley Cir, Naperville, IL 60540 1994 p.1676, Winter 1995 p.1783, Winter 1996 p.1876
1988 → 1993 · 4 editions WB9SSF · class A
Richard W Primrose Jr 3002 Sandy Hollow Rd 7, N Nancy C Hallquist, 250 N Mozart, Palatine, IL 60067 Winter 1988 p.1249, Winter 1989 p.1266, Winter 1991 p.1395, 1993 p.1580
1977 → 1987 · 8 editions WB9SSF · class A
Richard W Primrose Jr 1153 Country Club Rd, . Winter 1977 p.668, Winter 1980 p.1067, Winter 1981 p.1079, Winter 1983 p.1156, Winter 1984 p.1203, Winter 1985 p.1207, Winter 1986 p.1201, Winter 1987 p.1218
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9SSF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9SSF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.