🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 4, 2026) · next update today 8:30 am CST
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)
WB9YCX HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 1, 2001.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 1, 2001
Previous holder: DAVID A CERTA
Held WB9YCX Feb 28, 1989 → Feb 28, 1999
· first licensed Feb 28, 1989 as WB9YCX
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WB9YCX, before the FCC's online records
WB9YCXExpiredTechnician PlusFeb 28, 1989 → Feb 28, 1999 (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 → Oct 31, 2000 · 12 discs WB9YCX
· Technician Plus · issued Feb 28, 1989, expires Feb 28, 1999
DAVID A. CERTA
885 SECOND AVE, DES PLAINES, IL 60016
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9YCX
· Technician · issued Feb 28, 1989, expires Feb 28, 1999
DAVID A CERTA
885 SECOND AVE, DES PLAINES, IL 60016
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 WB9YCX
DAVID A CERTA
885 SECOND AVE, DES PLAINES, IL 60016
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.
1991 → 1997 · 5 editions WB9YCX · class T
David A Certa 885 2nd Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 60016 Winter 1991 p.1412, 1993 p.1596, 1995 p.1842, 1996 p.1901, 1997 p.1974
1990 · 1 edition WB9YCX · class T
David A Certa 8115 2nd Avenue, Des Plaines, IL 60016 Winter 1990 p.1303
1982 → 1988 · 7 editions WB9YCX · class T
David A Certa 1759 Linden St, Des Plaines, IL 60018 Winter 1982 p.1132, Winter 1983 p.1169, Winter 1984 p.1215, Winter 1985 p.1218, Winter 1986 p.1216, Winter 1987 p.1235, Winter 1988 p.1267
1978 → 1979 · 2 editions WB9YCX · class T
David A Certa 1888 Sycamore St, Des Plaines Winter 1978 p.942, Winter 1979 p.511
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9YCX in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9YCX beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.