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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)
WB9WDV HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 13, 2013.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 13, 2013
Previous holder: ROBERT G KAPLOW
Held WB9WDV Feb 12, 1991 → Feb 12, 2011
· first licensed Feb 12, 1991 as WB9WDV
· 1 license · FRN 0004027462 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9WDV, before the FCC's online records
WB9WDVExpiredTechnicianFeb 12, 1991 → Feb 12, 2011 (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 27, 2002 → Apr 17, 2003 · 3 discs WB9WDV
· Technician · issued Jan 23, 2002, expires Feb 12, 2011
ROBERT G KAPLOW
35 W 525 PARSONS RD 263, DUNDEE, IL 60118
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Nov 1, 2001 · 14 discs WB9WDV
· Technician Plus · issued Feb 12, 1991, expires Feb 12, 2001
ROBERT G. KAPLOW
35 W 525 PARSONS RD 263, DUNDEE, IL 60118
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9WDV
· Technician · issued Feb 12, 1991, expires Feb 12, 2001
ROBERT G KAPLOW
35 W 525 PARSONS RD 263, DUNDEE, IL 60118
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 WB9WDV
ROBERT G KAPLOW
35 W 525 PARSONS RD 263, DUNDEE, IL 60118
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 → 1995 · 2 editions WB9WDV · class T
Robert G Kaplow 35 W 525 Parsons Rd 263, Dundee, IL 60118 1994 p.1692, Winter 1995 p.1802
1990 · 1 edition WB9WDV · class T
Robert G Kaplow 1628 Watertord Ln, Palatine, IL 60061 Winter 1990 p.1299
1987 · 1 edition WB9WDV · class T
Robert Gkaplow 162b Waterford Ln, Palatine, IL 60067 Winter 1987 p.1232
1985 · 1 edition WB9WDV · class T
Robert G Kaplow !b28 Waterford Ln, Palatine Il B00b7 Winter 1985 p.1215
1977 → 1984 · 5 editions WB9WDV · class T
Robert G Kaplow 1644 Ferndale Av, Northbrook, IL 60062 Winter 1977 p.678, Winter 1979 p.1016, Winter 1980 p.1077, 1981 p.1015, Winter 1984 p.1211
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9WDV in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9WDV beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.