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WB9VRY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 13, 2010.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 13, 2010
Previous holder: JOSEPH G HOLEWINSKI
Held WB9VRY Feb 2, 1988 → Mar 12, 2008
· first licensed Feb 2, 1988 as WB9VRY
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9VRY, before the FCC's online records
WB9VRYExpiredGeneralFeb 2, 1988 → Mar 12, 2008 (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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs WB9VRY
· General · issued Mar 12, 1998, expires Mar 12, 2008
JOSEPH G. HOLEWINSKI
4115 N KIMBALL, CHICAGO, IL 60618
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs WB9VRY
· General · issued Feb 2, 1988, expires Feb 2, 1998
JOSEPH G HOLEWINSKI
4115 N KIMBALL, CHICAGO, IL 60618
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 WB9VRY
JOSEPH G HOLEWINSKI
4115 N KIMBALL, CHICAGO, IL 60618
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 WB9VRY · class G
Joseph G Holewlnsk\ 4115 N 1r<Imball Chicago, IL 60618 1997 p.1964
1994 → 1996 · 2 editions WB9VRY · class G
Joseph G Holewinski 4115 N Kimball, Chicago 60618 1994 p.1690, Winter 1996 p.1892
1987 · 1 edition WB9VRY · class G
Joseph Cholewinski 4115 Nkimball Av Chica~o, IL 60618 Winter 1987 p.1231
1985 · 1 edition WB9VRY
G Jose~h Cholewinski 4115 N Kimball Av, Chicago Winter 1985 p.1214
1984 · 1 edition WB9VRY · class G
Joseph Cholewinski 411s Nkimball Av, Chicago Winter 1984 p.1210
1980 → 1983 · 3 editions WB9VRY · class G
Joseph C Holewinski 4115 N Kimball Av, Chicago, IL 60618 Winter 1980 p.1076, Winter 1982 p.1128, Winter 1983 p.1164
1979 · 1 edition WB9VRY · class G
Joseph C Hoiewirlski 4115 N Kinbaji Av, Chicago, IL 60618 Winter 1979 p.506
1977 · 1 edition WB9VRY · class T
Joseph G Holewinski 4115 N Kimball, Chicago &0&18 Il Winter 1977 p.677
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VRY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VRY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.