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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)
WB9VCF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 27, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 27, 2000
Previous holder: GERALD K BAYLESS
Held WB9VCF Apr 26, 1988 → Apr 26, 1998
· first licensed Apr 26, 1988 as WB9VCF
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB9VCF, 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 Sep 9, 1993 → May 2, 2000 · 13 discs WB9VCF
· General · issued Apr 26, 1988, expires Apr 26, 1998
GERALD K. BAYLESS
316 S DELMAR, DECATUR, IL 62522
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 WB9VCF
GERALD K BAYLESS
316 S DELMAR, DECATUR, IL 62522
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.
1996 → 1997 · 2 editions WB9VCF · class G
Gerald K Bayless 316 S Delmar, Decatur, IL 62511 1996 p.1888, 1997 p.1961
1995 · 1 edition WB9VCF · class G
Goraid K Bayless Jj6 S Delmar, Docatur, IL 61511 1995 p.1829
1993 · 1 edition WB9VCF · class G
Gerald K Bayless Jl6 S Delmar, Decatur, IL 62522 1993 p.1589
1992 · 1 edition WB9VCF · class G
Gerald K Bayless 316 S Delmar, Decatur, IL 61511 1992 p.1464
1989 · 1 edition WB9VCF · class G
Gerald K Ba~ess 316 S Delmar, Decatur, IL 62522 Winter 1989 p.1276
1988 · 1 edition WB9VCF · class G
Gerald K Bayless 316 S Delmar, Decatur, IL 61511 Winter 1988 p.1259
1987 · 1 edition WB9VCF · class G
Gerald K Ba~less Jib S Delmar, Decatur Il B1511 Winter 1987 p.1228
1984 → 1986 · 2 editions WB9VCF · class G
Gerald Kbayless Jib S Delmar, Decatur Winter 1984 p.1208, Winter 1986 p.1211
1979 → 1982 · 3 editions WB9VCF · class G
Gerald K Bayless 316 S Delmar, Decatur, IL 62522 Winter 1979 p.1012, Winter 1980 p.1074, Winter 1982 p.1126
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VCF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VCF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.