🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 4, 2026) · next update today 8:30 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)
WB9VJF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 12, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Nov 12, 2009
Previous holder: DON L SMITH
Held WB9VJF Mar 29, 1988 → Nov 11, 2007
· first licensed Mar 29, 1988 as WB9VJF
· 1 license · FRN 0002883247 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9VJF, before the FCC's online records
WB9VJFExpiredGeneralMar 29, 1988 → Nov 11, 2007 (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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs WB9VJF
· General · issued Nov 11, 1997, expires Nov 11, 2007
DON L. SMITH
PO BOX 231, HERRIN, IL 62948
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WB9VJF
· General · issued Mar 29, 1988, expires Mar 29, 1998
DON L SMITH
POB 231, HERRIN, IL 62948
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 WB9VJF
DON L SMITH
PO Box 231 HERRIN, IL 62948
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 WB9VJF · class G
Don L Smith B 131, Herrin, IL 61948 1997 p.1962
1996 · 1 edition WB9VJF · class G
Don L Smith Eob 231, Herrin, IL 62948 1996 p.1889
1994 · 1 edition WB9VJF · class G
Don L Smith Pob 231, Herrin, IL 62948 1994 p.1689
1987 → 1992 · 2 editions WB9VJF · class G
Don L Smith Pob 1ll, Herrin, IL 61948 Winter 1987 p.1229, 1992 p.1464
1986 · 1 edition WB9VJF · class G
Don L Smith Pob 131, Herrin Il B294b Winter 1986 p.1211
1985 · 1 edition WB9VJF · class G
Don L Smith Pob 1ji, Herrin Il B194b Winter 1985 p.1213
1984 · 1 edition WB9VJF · class G
Don L Smith Pob 2ll, Herrin Il &2948 Winter 1984 p.1210
1983 · 1 edition WB9VJF · class G
Don L Smith Pob 231, Herrin, IL 62948 Winter 1983 p.1164
1977 → 1980 · 3 editions WB9VJF · class G
Donny L Smith Box 231, Herrin B2948 Il Winter 1977 p.676, Winter 1979 p.1013, Winter 1980 p.1075
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VJF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VJF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.