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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)
WB9VQN HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 6, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 6, 2000
Previous holder: FREDERICK A SCHMUCK
Held WB9VQN Jul 5, 1988 → Jul 5, 1998
· first licensed Jul 5, 1988 as WB9VQN
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB9VQN, 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 Sep 9, 1993 → May 2, 2000 · 13 discs WB9VQN
· Novice · issued Jul 5, 1988, expires Jul 5, 1998
FREDERICK A. SCHMUCK
ROUTE 1 BOX 37B, LA GRANGE, MO 63448
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 WB9VQN
FREDERICK A SCHMUCK
ROUTE 1 BOX 37B, LA GRANGE, MO 63448
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.
1989 → 1994 · 2 editions WB9VQN · class N
Frederick A Schmuck Rt 1 Box 37-B, La Grange, MO 63448 Winter 1989 p.1278, 1994 p.1690
1987 · 1 edition WB9VQN · class N
Frederick A Schmuck Route I Box H-B, La Grange Mo Bl448 Winter 1987 p.1230
1979 → 1983 · 4 editions WB9VQN · class N
Frederick A Schmuck Rfd 2-Box M-34-A, Mendon, IL 62354 Winter 1979 p.1014, Winter 1980 p.1076, Winter 1982 p.1127, Winter 1983 p.1164
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VQN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VQN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.