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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)
WB9VII HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 29, 2024.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 29, 2024
Previous holder: EDWIN A HEDLIN
Held WB9VII Jul 28, 1992 → Jul 28, 2022
· first licensed Jul 28, 1992 as WB9VII
· 1 license · FRN 0002983864 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1981 as WB9VII, 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 25, 2002 → Apr 17, 2003 · 2 discs WB9VII
· Advanced · issued May 10, 2002, expires Jul 28, 2012
EDWIN A HEDLIN
7131N 16780E RD, GRANT PARK, IL 60940
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 27, 2002 · 17 discs WB9VII
· Advanced · issued Jul 28, 1992, expires Jul 28, 2002
EDWIN A. HEDLIN
7131N 16780E RD, GRANT PARK, IL 60940
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 27, 2010 → Nov 1, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as WB9VII
EDWIN A HEDLIN
1023 PAUL DR., ST. ANNE, IL 60964
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.
1981 → 1994 · 4 editions WB9VII · class A
Edwin A Hedlin Rfd 1-Box 70-C, Grant Park, IL 60940 1981 p.1013, Winter 1983 p.1163, Winter 1986 p.1211, 1994 p.1689
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VII in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VII beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.