🕒 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)
WB9VYP HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 30, 2018.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 30, 2018
Previous holder: JOHN W WILKE
Held WB9VYP Oct 21, 1986 → Jul 29, 2016
· first licensed Oct 21, 1986 as WB9VYP
· 1 license · FRN 0002675619 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB9VYP, before the FCC's online records
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 2, 2000 → Apr 17, 2003 · 7 discs WB9VYP
· General · issued Apr 22, 2000, expires Jul 29, 2006
JOHN W. WILKE .
241 S 74 St, MILWAUKEE, WI 53214
Seen Oct 27, 1996 → Oct 8, 1999 · 6 discs WB9VYP
· Technician Plus · issued Jul 29, 1996, expires Jul 29, 2006
JOHN W. WILKE
241 SO 74 ST, MILWAUKEE, WI 53214
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 21, 1996 · 4 discs WB9VYP
· Technician Plus · issued Oct 21, 1986, expires Oct 21, 1996
JOHN W WILKE
241 SO 74 ST, MILWAUKEE, WI 53214
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9VYP
· Technician · issued Oct 21, 1986, expires Oct 21, 1996
JOHN W WILKE
241 SO 74 ST, MILWAUKEE, WI 53214
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 WB9VYP
JOHN W WILKE
241 S 74 St, MILWAUKEE, WI 53214
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 WB9VYP · class P
John W Wilke 141 S 14th St, .et, Milwaukee, WI 53214 1997 p.1965
1996 · 1 edition WB9VYP · class T
John Wwilkr 241 S 14th Street Ilwaukee Winter 1996 p.1893
1992 → 1996 · 3 editions WB9VYP · class T
John W Wilke 141 S 74th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53114 1992 p.1466, 1995 p.1834, 1996 p.1892
1988 → 1991 · 3 editions WB9VYP · class T
John W Wilke 241 S 74th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53214 Winter 1988 p.1262, Winter 1990 p.1298, Winter 1991 p.1407
1979 → 1987 · 6 editions WB9VYP · class T
John W Wilke 241 S 74th St, Milwaukee Wl 53214, IN 46901 Winter 1979 p.1015, Winter 1980 p.1076, Winter 1982 p.1128, Winter 1983 p.1165, Winter 1984 p.1211, Winter 1987 p.1232
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9VYP in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9VYP beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.