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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)
WB9WGQ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 21, 2005.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 21, 2005
Previous holder: JAMES E ODLIN
Held WB9WGQ Apr 20, 1993 → Apr 20, 2003
· first licensed Apr 20, 1993 as WB9WGQ
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WB9WGQ, 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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs WB9WGQ
· Technician · issued Apr 20, 1993, expires Apr 20, 2003
JAMES E. ODLIN
11501 W HOWARDSVILLE RD; PO BOX 784, LENA, IL 61048
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WB9WGQ
· Technician · issued Apr 20, 1993, expires Apr 20, 2003
JAMES E ODLIN
POB 784 11501 W HOWARDSVILLE RD, LENA, IL 61048
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 WB9WGQ
JAMES E ODLIN
PO Box 784 11501 W HOWARDSVILLE RD, LENA, IL 61048
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.
1979 → 1994 · 6 editions WB9WGQ · class T
James E Odin 415 Tennyson Rd, Bartlett, IL 60103 Winter 1979 p.508, Winter 1980 p.1077, 1981 p.1016, Winter 1989 p.1280, Winter 1990 p.1299, 1994 p.1692
1978 · 1 edition WB9WGQ · class T
James E Odlin 415 Tennysori Rd, Bartlett. Winter 1978 p.939
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9WGQ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9WGQ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.