N9TPB FCC License Search
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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)

WB9YIN HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 22, 2015.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Oct 2, 2003 as choice 1: granted.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 2 holders on record · available since Oct 22, 2015

Previous holder: PATRICIA C DE VILBISS

Held WB9YIN Dec 2, 1986 → Oct 21, 2013 · first licensed Jun 24, 1986 as N9FWU · 2 licenses · FRN 0003072469
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9YIN, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Previous holder: DONALD W DE VILBISS

Held WB9YIN Dec 2, 1986 → Nov 9, 2002 · first licensed Dec 2, 1986 as WB9YIN · 1 license · FRN 0003106788
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1977 as WB9YIN, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
WB9YIN in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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.

Others Requesting WB9YIN

1 application listed WB9YIN as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #WB9YINResult
Oct 2, 2003 Oct 20, 2003 N9FWU · PATRICIA C DE VILBISS · SAINT CHARLES, IL 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9YIN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9YIN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.