N9TPB
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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)WB9VPW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 16, 2002.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Aug 16, 2002
Previous holder: CLIFFORD W SOWKA
Held WB9VPW Jul 2, 1985 → Aug 15, 2000
· first licensed Jul 2, 1985 as WB9VPW
· 2 licenses · FRN 0002928323
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1982 as WB9VPW, before the FCC's online records
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📦 Moved: Barrington, IL → Barrington Hills, IL
- Licensee
- CLIFFORD W SOWKA
- Address
- Attn: clifford w sowka
5 MOATE LN
BARRINGTON HILLS, IL 60010
- FRN
- 0002928323
- Previous call
- WB9VPW (Technician)
- Last granted
- May 19, 2020
- Effective
- May 19, 2020
- Last action
- May 19, 2020
FCC actions (3)
- May 19, 2020 — License renewed LIREN
- May 26, 2010 — License renewed LIREN
- Aug 15, 2000 — License issued LIISS
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- Licensee
- CLIFFORD W SOWKA
- Address
- 5 MOATE LN
BARRINGTON, IL 60010
- FRN
- 0002928323
- Last granted
- Feb 15, 1994
- Effective
- Jun 1, 2000
- Last action
- Aug 15, 2000
FCC actions (2)
- Aug 15, 2000 — License canceled LICAN
- Jun 1, 2000 — License modified LIMOD
Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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 31, 2000 → Apr 17, 2003 · 6 discs
K9QD · Amateur Extra · issued Aug 15, 2000, expires Aug 15, 2010 · previously WB9VPW
CLIFFORD W. SOWKA
5 MOATE LN, BARRINGTON HILLS, IL 60010 - Seen May 3, 1994 → May 2, 2000 · 12 discs
WB9VPW · Technician · issued Feb 15, 1994, expires Feb 15, 2004
CLIFFORD W. SOWKA
5 MOATE LN, BARRINGTON, IL 60010 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc
WB9VPW · Technician · issued Jul 2, 1985, expires Jul 2, 1995
CLIFFORD W SOWKA
19 GOLFVIEW LN, BARRINGTON, IL 60010
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
WB9VPW in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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
WB9VPW · class T
Clifford W Sowiaj 5 Moat• Li). Barrington
, IL 60010
1997 p.1963 - None → 1994 · 8 editions
WB9VPW · class T
Clifford W Sowka
19 Golfview Ln, Barrington
None p.1084, Winter 1982 p.1127, Winter 1983 p.1164, Winter 1985 p.1214, Winter 1987 p.1230, Winter 1988 p.1261, Winter 1989 p.1278, 1994 p.1690
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VPW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VPW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.