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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)
WB9WHA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 30, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Feb 26, 2001 as choice 8:
not granted, that applicant got WB9WBA instead.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 30, 2006
Previous holder: JAMES R FARMER
Held WB9WHA Apr 27, 1984 → Mar 29, 2004
· first licensed Apr 27, 1984 as WB9WHA
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9WHA, before the FCC's online records
WB9WHAExpiredAdvancedApr 27, 1984 → Mar 29, 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 3, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 18 discs WB9WHA
· Advanced · issued Mar 29, 1994, expires Mar 29, 2004
JAMES R. FARMER
1505 SHAWNEE BEND, PINCKNEYVILLE, IL 62274
Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc WB9WHA
· Advanced · issued Apr 27, 1984, expires Apr 27, 1994
JAMES R FARMER
RR 1, AVA, IL 62907
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 18, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as WB9WHA
JAMES R FARMER
1505 SHAWNEE BEND, PINCKNEYVILLE, IL 62274
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.
1995 · 1 edition WB9WHA · class A
James R Farmer 1505 Shawnee Bend, Pinckneyvilie, IL 62274 1995 p.1836
1994 · 1 edition WB9WHA · class A
James R Farmer Rr 1, Ava, IL 62907 1994 p.1692
1986 → 1987 · 2 editions WB9WHA · class A
James R Farmer Rr I, Ava Il &1907 Winter 1986 p.1214, Winter 1987 p.1233
1977 → 1980 · 3 editions WB9WHA · class A
James R Farmer Box 97, Cutler B2238 Il Winter 1977 p.679, Winter 1979 p.508, Winter 1980 p.1077
Others Requesting WB9WHA
1 application listed WB9WHA as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9WHA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9WHA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.