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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)
WB9WYM HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 17, 2001.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Nov 17, 2001
Previous holder: STEPHEN J KOCH
Held WB9WYM Oct 21, 1986 → Nov 16, 1999
· first licensed Oct 21, 1986 as WB9WYM
· 2 licenses · FRN 0002918670 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9WYM, before the FCC's online records
📦 Moved: Chicago, IL → Wilmette, IL
W9SJKActiveGeneral · vanityNov 16, 1999 → expires Nov 16, 2029
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, 2000 → Apr 17, 2003 · 6 discs W9SJK
· General · issued Jun 23, 2000, expires Nov 16, 2009
· previously WB9WYM
STEPHEN J. KOCH
6325 N SHERIDAN RD, CHICAGO, IL 60660
Seen May 2, 2000 · 1 disc W9SJK
· Technician Plus · issued Nov 16, 1999, expires Nov 16, 2009
· previously WB9WYM
STEPHEN J. KOCH
6325 N SHERIDAN RD, CHICAGO, IL 60660
Seen Oct 27, 1996 → Oct 8, 1999 · 6 discs WB9WYM
· Technician Plus · issued Aug 14, 1996, expires Aug 14, 2006
STEPHEN J. KOCH .
6325 N SHERIDAN RD, CHICAGO, IL 60660
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 21, 1996 · 4 discs WB9WYM
· Technician Plus · issued Oct 21, 1986, expires Oct 21, 1996
STEPHEN J KOCH
6325 N SHERIDAN RD, CHICAGO, IL 60660
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9WYM
· Technician · issued Oct 21, 1986, expires Oct 21, 1996
STEPHEN J KOCH
6325 N SHERIDAN RD, CHICAGO, IL 60660
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 27, 2010 → Nov 1, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as W9SJK
STEPHEN J KOCH
601 RIDGE RD, WILMETTE, IL 60091
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 WB9WYM · class P
Stephen J Koch 6315 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660 1997 p.1970
1996 · 1 edition WB9WYM · class T
Stephen J Koch 6325 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660 1996 p.1897
1995 · 1 edition WB9WYM
T St•phon J Koch 6325 N Shtridan Rd, Chkago, IL 60660 1995 p.1839
1994 · 1 edition WB9WYM · class T
Stephen J Koch 6325 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660 1994 p.1694
1992 · 1 edition WB9WYM · class T
Stephen J Koch B315 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago Il &ob&o 1992 p.1470
1988 · 1 edition WB9WYM · class T
Stephen J Koch 6315 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660 Winter 1988 p.1266
1985 · 1 edition WB9WYM · class T
Sterhen J Koch 5b00 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago Il Bobbo Winter 1985 p.1218
1982 · 1 edition WB9WYM · class T
Stephen J Koch 5600 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660 Winter 1982 p.1131
1979 · 1 edition WB9WYM · class T
Steven J Koch 1325 Birch Wood-#3-A, Chicago, IL 60626 Winter 1979 p.1018
None → 1977 · 2 editions WB9WYM · class T
Stephen J Koch 5600 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago None p.1088, Winter 1977 p.681
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9WYM in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9WYM beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.