🕒 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)
WB9VUW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 22, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 22, 2009
Previous holder: RAYMOND W MACHTEMES JR
Held WB9VUW Jun 9, 1987 → Feb 21, 2007
· first licensed Jun 9, 1987 as WB9VUW
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9VUW, before the FCC's online records
WB9VUWExpiredTechnician PlusJun 9, 1987 → Feb 21, 2007 (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 4, 1997 → Apr 7, 1999 · 4 discs WB9VUW
· Technician Plus · issued Feb 21, 1997, expires Feb 21, 2007
RAYMOND W MACHTEMES JR
356 PATTIE LN, LYNWOOD, IL 60411
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Oct 27, 1996 · 5 discs WB9VUW
· Technician Plus · issued Jun 9, 1987, expires Jun 9, 1997
RAYMOND W MACHTEMES JR
356 PATTIE LN, LYNWOOD, IL 60411
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9VUW
· Technician · issued Jun 9, 1987, expires Jun 9, 1997
RAYMOND W MACHTEMES JR
356 PATTIE LN, LYNWOOD, IL 60411
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 WB9VUW
RAYMOND W MACHTEMES JR
356 PATTIE LN, LYNWOOD, IL 60411
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.
1994 → 1997 · 2 editions WB9VUW · class T
Raymond W Machtemes Jr 356 Pattie Ln, Lynwood, IL 60411 1994 p.1690, 1997 p.1964
1987 · 1 edition WB9VUW · class T
Raymond Wmachtemes Jr 9620 S Kedvale, Oak Lawn Il B045l Winter 1987 p.1231
1984 → 1985 · 2 editions WB9VUW · class T
Raymond W Mac Temes Jr %10 S Kedva E, Oak Lawn Il B04s3 Winter 1984 p.1211, Winter 1985 p.1214
1977 → 1980 · 3 editions WB9VUW · class T
T ~:r"t!~n W Machtemes 9620 S Kedvale, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 Winter 1977 p.677, Winter 1979 p.506, Winter 1980 p.1076
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VUW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VUW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.