🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 4, 2026) · next update today 8:30 am CST
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)
WB9VUL HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 26, 2018.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 26, 2018
Previous holder: MELVIN F BROWN
Held WB9VUL Jul 8, 1986 → Mar 25, 2016
· first licensed Jul 8, 1986 as WB9VUL
· 1 license · FRN 0014558357 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9VUL, before the FCC's online records
WB9VULExpiredTechnicianJul 8, 1986 → Mar 25, 2016 (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 Apr 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs WB9VUL
· Technician Plus · issued Mar 25, 1996, expires Mar 25, 2006
MELVIN F. BROWN
300 HARRISON BLVD, EVANSVILLE, IN 47715
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Oct 26, 1995 · 3 discs WB9VUL
· Technician Plus · issued Jul 8, 1986, expires Jul 8, 1996
MELVIN F BROWN
300 HARRISON BLVD, EVANSVILLE, IN 47715
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9VUL
· Technician · issued Jul 8, 1986, expires Jul 8, 1996
MELVIN F BROWN
300 HARRISON BLVD, EVANSVILLE, IN 47715
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 WB9VUL
MELVIN F BROWN
300 HARRISON BLVD, EVANSVILLE, IN 47715
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.
1995 · 1 edition WB9VUL · class T
Melvin F Brown 3u0 Harrison Blvd, Evansville, IN 47715 1995 p.1833
1994 · 1 edition WB9VUL · class N
Bonnie R Weinstein 8110 Dartmouth Ln, Hanover T>ark, IL 47715 1994 p.1690
1985 → 1987 · 3 editions WB9VUL · class T
Melvin F Brown Joo Harrison Blvd, Evansville, IN 47715 Winter 1985 p.1214, Winter 1986 p.1212, Winter 1987 p.1231
1982 → 1983 · 2 editions WB9VUL · class T
Melvin F Brown 300 Harrison Blvd, Evansville, IN 47715 Winter 1982 p.1128, Winter 1983 p.1165
1980 · 1 edition WB9VUL · class T
Melvin F Brown 1817 E Llhno1s St, Evansville Jn 47711 Winter 1980 p.1076
1977 → 1979 · 2 editions WB9VUL · class T
Melvin F Brown 1817 E Illinois St, Evansville 47711 In Winter 1977 p.677, Winter 1979 p.1014
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VUL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VUL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.