🕒 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)
WB9ZBF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 23, 2006.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 23, 2006
Previous holder: LEON LATHAM
Held WB9ZBF Feb 5, 1985 → Dec 22, 2004
· first licensed Feb 5, 1985 as WB9ZBF
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB9ZBF, before the FCC's online records
WB9ZBFExpiredGeneralFeb 5, 1985 → Dec 22, 2004 (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 May 12, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 16 discs WB9ZBF
· General · issued Dec 22, 1994, expires Dec 22, 2004
LEON LATHAM
616 N STERLING, STREATOR, IL 61364
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs WB9ZBF
· General · issued Feb 5, 1985, expires Feb 5, 1995
LEON LATHAM
616 N STERLING, STREATOR, IL 61364
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 WB9ZBF
LEON LATHAM
616 N STERLING, STREATOR, IL 61364
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 WB9ZBF · class G
Leon D Latham Bib N Sterlini, Streator Il 6jj64 1997 p.1979
1994 → 1995 · 2 editions WB9ZBF · class G
Leon Latham 616 N Sterling, Streator, IL 61364 1994 p.1699, 1995 p.1846
1985 · 1 edition WB9ZBF · class G
Leon Latham Bib N Sterling, Streator Il B!jb4 Winter 1985 p.1221
1981 → 1983 · 3 editions WB9ZBF · class G
Leon Latham 616 N Sterling, Streator, IL 61364 1981 p.1021, Winter 1982 p.1135, Winter 1983 p.1171
1979 · 1 edition WB9ZBF · class T
Leon Latham 616 N Steriolg, Strealor, IL 61364 Winter 1979 p.514
None · 1 edition WB9ZBF · class G
Leon Latham 616 N Sterling, Streator None p.1091
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9ZBF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9ZBF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.