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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)
WB9YAB HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 20, 2020.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 20, 2020
Previous holder: JACK E BLEDSOE
Held WB9YAB May 10, 1988 → Mar 19, 2018
· first licensed May 10, 1988 as WB9YAB
· 1 license · FRN 0003038205 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9YAB, before the FCC's online records
WB9YABExpiredGeneralMay 10, 1988 → Mar 19, 2018 (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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs WB9YAB
· General · issued Mar 19, 1998, expires Mar 19, 2008
JACK E. BLEDSOE
3100W 340N, ANGOLA, IN 46703-8032
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs WB9YAB
· General · issued May 10, 1988, expires May 10, 1998
JACK E BLEDSOE
RR 2 BOX 200-20, FREMONT, IN 46737
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 WB9YAB
JACK E BLEDSOE
3100W 340N, ANGOLA, IN 46703-8032
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 WB9YAB
G ·jack E Bledsoe Rr 2 Box 200·<0, Fremont, IN 46737 1997 p.1973
1996 · 1 edition WB9YAB · class G
Jack E Bledsoe Rr 2 Box 200-20, Fremont, IN 46737 1996 p.1900
1995 · 1 edition WB9YAB · class G
Jack E B•dsoe Rr 1 Box 200-20, Fremont, IN 46737 1995 p.1842
1994 · 1 edition WB9YAB · class G
Jack E Bledsoe Rr 2 Box 200-20, Fremont, IN 46737 1994 p.1695
1991 → 1993 · 2 editions WB9YAB · class G
Jack E Bledsoe Rr 1 Box 100-10, Fremont, IN 46737 Winter 1991 p.1412, 1993 p.1596
1990 · 1 edition WB9YAB · class G
Jack E Bledsoe Rr 1 Box 200-10, Fremont, IN 46737 Winter 1990 p.1303
1988 · 1 edition WB9YAB · class G
Jack E Bledsoe Rr 4 Box 17, Angola, IN 46703 Winter 1988 p.1267
1985 · 1 edition WB9YAB · class G
Jack E Bledsoe Rr 4 Box 27, Angola In 4b703 Winter 1985 p.1218
1984 · 1 edition WB9YAB · class G
Jack E Bledsoe Rr 4 Box 17, Angola, IN 46703 Winter 1984 p.1215
1977 → 1983 · 5 editions WB9YAB · class G
Jack E Bledsoe Rfd 4-Box 27, Angola 46703 In Winter 1977 p.681, Winter 1979 p.511, 1981 p.1018, Winter 1982 p.1132, Winter 1983 p.1168
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9YAB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9YAB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.