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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)
WB9VUA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 5, 2021.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 5, 2021
Previous holder: ROBERT L SPROSTON
Held WB9VUA Apr 6, 1998 → Mar 4, 2019
· first licensed Dec 9, 1997 as KB9RTZ
· 1 license · FRN 0018562215 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9VUA, before the FCC's online records
WB9VUAExpiredTechnician · vanityApr 6, 1998 → Mar 4, 2019 (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 WB9VUA
· Technician Plus · issued Apr 6, 1998, expires Apr 6, 2008
· previously KB9RTZ
ROBERT L. SPROSTON
113 W 12TH ST, MISHAWAKA, IN 46544
Seen Mar 9, 1998 · 1 disc KB9RTZ
· Technician Plus · issued Dec 9, 1997, expires Dec 9, 2007
ROBERT L SPROSTON
113 W 12TH ST, MISHAWAKA, IN 46544
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 WB9VUA
ROBERT L SPROSTON
113 W 12TH ST, MISHAWAKA, IN 46544
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.
1979 · 1 edition WB9VUA · class N
Robert L Jr 209 E Broadww, ' S Blend, IN 46618 Winter 1979 p.506
1977 · 1 edition WB9VUA · class N
Robert L Sproston Jr 209 E Broadway Winter 1977 p.677
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VUA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VUA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.