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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)
WB9VKT HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 7, 2008.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jun 7, 2008
Previous holder: RICHARD L NIBECK
Held WB9VKT Sep 16, 1986 → Jun 6, 2006
· first licensed Sep 16, 1986 as WB9VKT
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9VKT, before the FCC's online records
WB9VKTExpiredAdvancedSep 16, 1986 → Jun 6, 2006 (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 Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 13 discs WB9VKT
· Advanced · issued Jun 6, 1996, expires Jun 6, 2006
RICHARD L. NIBECK .
500 BROADMEADOW RD, RANTOUL, IL 61866
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 21, 1996 · 6 discs WB9VKT
· Advanced · issued Sep 16, 1986, expires Sep 16, 1996
RICHARD L NIBECK
500 BROADMEADOW RD, RANTOUL, IL 61866
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 WB9VKT
RICHARD L NIBECK
500 BROADMEADOW RD, RANTOUL, IL 61866
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.
1987 → 1994 · 2 editions WB9VKT · class A
Richard L Nibeck 500 Broadmeadow Rd, Rantoul, IL 61666 Winter 1987 p.1229, 1994 p.1689
1986 · 1 edition WB9VKT · class A
Richard L Nibeck Soo Broadmeadow Rd, Rantoul Il Blbbb Winter 1986 p.1212
None → 1983 · 4 editions WB9VKT · class A
Richard L Nibeck 500 Broadmeadow Rd, Rantoul None p.1084, Winter 1977 p.676, Winter 1980 p.1075, Winter 1983 p.1164
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VKT in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VKT beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.