🕒 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)
WB9VXR HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 8, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 8, 2006
Previous holder: CARL SIMS JR
Held WB9VXR Feb 19, 1985 → Dec 7, 2004
· first licensed Feb 19, 1985 as WB9VXR
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WB9VXR, before the FCC's online records
WB9VXRExpiredAdvancedFeb 19, 1985 → Dec 7, 2004 (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 May 12, 1995 → Apr 7, 1999 · 8 discs WB9VXR
· Advanced · issued Dec 7, 1994, expires Dec 7, 2004
CARL SIMS JR
9515 S CALUMET, CHICAGO, IL 60628
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs WB9VXR
· Advanced · issued Feb 19, 1985, expires Feb 19, 1995
CARL SIMS JR
9515 S CALUMET, CHICAGO, IL 60628
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 WB9VXR
CARL SIMS JR
9515 S CALUMET, CHICAGO, IL 60628
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 WB9VXR · class A
Carl W Sims Jr •515 S Calumet, Chicago, IL 60628 1997 p.1965
1980 → 1996 · 4 editions WB9VXR · class A
Carl Sims Jr 9515 S Calumet Av, Chicago, IL 60628 Winter 1980 p.1076, Winter 1983 p.1165, Winter 1987 p.1231, 1996 p.1892
1979 · 1 edition WB9VXR · class G
Margaret E Wright 734 N Maxwell Rd, Peoria, IL 61604 Winter 1979 p.1015
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VXR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VXR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.