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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)
WB9YVB HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 7, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 7, 2000
Previous holder: HERBERT N HILL
Held WB9YVB Sep 6, 1988 → Sep 6, 1998
· first licensed Sep 6, 1988 as WB9YVB
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB9YVB, before the FCC's online records
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 → May 2, 2000 · 11 discs WB9YVB
· Technician Plus · issued Sep 6, 1988, expires Sep 6, 1998
HERBERT N. HILL
4422 MELBOURNE W DR, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46208
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WB9YVB
· Technician · issued Sep 6, 1988, expires Sep 6, 1998
HERBERT N HILL
4422 MELBOURNE W DR, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46208
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 WB9YVB
HERBERT N HILL
4422 MELBOURNE W DR, INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46208
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 WB9YVB · class T
Herbert N Hin 4421 Melbourne W Drl Indianapolis, IN 46208 1997 p.1977
1994 · 1 edition WB9YVB · class T
Herbert N Hill 4422 Melbourne W Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46208 1994 p.1698
1993 · 1 edition WB9YVB · class T
Herbert Nhill 4412 Melbourne Wdr, Indianapolis Winter 1993 p.1600
1992 · 1 edition WB9YVB · class T
Herbert N Httl 4411 Melbourne Wdr, Indianapolis 1992 p.1474
1991 · 1 edition WB9YVB · class G
James R Hariy 349 Joris Ave, Waukesha, WI 53186 Winter 1991 p.1407
1990 · 1 edition WB9YVB · class T
Herbert N Hill 4411 Melbourne W Or, Indianapolis, IN 46108 Winter 1990 p.1306
None → 1989 · 6 editions WB9YVB · class T
Herbert N Hill 4422 Melbourne W Dr, Indianapolis None p.1091, Winter 1979 p.1021, Winter 1980 p.1082, Winter 1983 p.1171, Winter 1988 p.1270, Winter 1989 p.1287
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9YVB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9YVB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.