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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)
WB9WEV HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 25, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 25, 2006
Previous holder: GEORGE R BUTLER SR
Held WB9WEV Jul 24, 1984 → May 24, 2004
· first licensed Jul 24, 1984 as WB9WEV
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9WEV, before the FCC's online records
WB9WEVExpiredGeneralJul 24, 1984 → May 24, 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 Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 7, 1999 · 9 discs WB9WEV
· General · issued May 24, 1994, expires May 24, 2004
GEORGE R BUTLER SR
1319 5 1/2 AVE, ROCK ISLAND, IL 61201
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9WEV
· General · issued Jul 24, 1984, expires Jul 24, 1994
GEORGE R BUTLER SR
1319 5 1/2 AVE, ROCK ISLAND, IL 61201
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 WB9WEV
GEORGE R BUTLER SR
1319 5 1/2 AVE, ROCK ISLAND, IL 61201
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.
1989 → 1994 · 2 editions WB9WEV · class G
George R Butler Sr 1319 5 1/1 Ave, Rock Island, IL 61101 Winter 1989 p.1280, 1994 p.1692
1987 · 1 edition WB9WEV · class G
George R Butler Sr 1319, 111 Ave, Rock Island, IL 61101 Winter 1987 p.1233
1985 · 1 edition WB9WEV · class G
George R Butler Sr Ijl9 5 1/1 Ave, Rock Island Il Bl101 Winter 1985 p.1216
1984 · 1 edition WB9WEV · class G
Goorge R Butler Sf 1319 5 Ii Ave Rock I And, IL 61201 Winter 1984 p.1212
1980 → 1983 · 2 editions WB9WEV · class G
George R Butler Sr 1319 5 112 Ave, Rock Island, IL 61201 Winter 1980 p.1077, Winter 1983 p.1166
1977 → 1979 · 2 editions WB9WEV · class T
George R Butler Sr 1319 5 1/2 Av, Rock Island, IL 61201 Winter 1977 p.679, Winter 1979 p.1016
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9WEV in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9WEV beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.