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WB9VGU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 4, 2008.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 4, 2008
Previous holder: CASIMER S MENDRALA JR
Held WB9VGU Sep 23, 1986 → Jul 3, 2006
· first licensed Sep 23, 1986 as WB9VGU
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9VGU, 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 27, 1996 → Apr 7, 1999 · 5 discs WB9VGU
· Advanced · issued Jul 3, 1996, expires Jul 3, 2006
CASIMER S MENDRALA JR
1116 W 19 PL, CHICAGO, IL 60608
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 21, 1996 · 6 discs WB9VGU
· Advanced · issued Sep 23, 1986, expires Sep 23, 1996
CASIMER S MENDRALA JR
1116 W 19 PL, CHICAGO, IL 60608
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 WB9VGU
CASIMER S MENDRALA JR
1116 W 19 PL, CHICAGO, IL 60608
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 WB9VGU · class A
Casimer S Mendrala Jr Lll6 W 19th Place, Chicago, IL 60608 1997 p.1961
1994 → 1995 · 2 editions WB9VGU · class A
Casimer S Mendrala Jr 1116 W 19th Place, Chicago, IL 60608 1994 p.1688, 1995 p.1830
1987 · 1 edition WB9VGU · class A
Casimer S Mendrala Jr 1116 W 19 Pl, Chicago Il Bobob Winter 1987 p.1229
1983 · 1 edition WB9VGU · class A
Casimer S Mendrala Jr 1116 W 19 Pi, Chicago, IL 60608 Winter 1983 p.1163
1982 · 1 edition WB9VGU · class A
C.simer S Mendrala Jr 1116 W 19 Pl, Chicago, IL 60608 Winter 1982 p.1126
1977 → 1981 · 4 editions WB9VGU · class A
· later N9AFN
Casimer S Mendrala Jr 1116 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608 Winter 1977 p.676, Winter 1979 p.1013, Winter 1980 p.1074, 1981 p.1013
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VGU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VGU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.