🕒 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)
WB9ZCR HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 23, 2016.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 23, 2016
Previous holder: JOSEPH O PECENKA
Held WB9ZCR Feb 28, 1984 → Mar 22, 2014
· first licensed Feb 28, 1984 as WB9ZCR
· 1 license · FRN 0010223212 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB9ZCR, before the FCC's online records
WB9ZCRExpiredGeneralFeb 28, 1984 → Mar 22, 2014 (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 3, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 18 discs WB9ZCR
· General · issued Mar 22, 1994, expires Mar 22, 2004
JOSEPH O. PECENKA
2901 N GREENWOOD ACRES DR, DE KALB, IL 60115
Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc WB9ZCR
· General · issued Feb 28, 1984, expires Feb 28, 1994
JOSEPH O PECENKA
1611 HUNTINGTON RD, DE KALB, IL 60115
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 WB9ZCR
JOSEPH O PECENKA
2901 N GREENWOOD ACRES DR, DE KALB, IL 60115
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 WB9ZCR
G B~s~~bo Pmnka 1901 N Greenwood Acres Dr 1997 p.1979
1988 → 1996 · 6 editions WB9ZCR · class G
Joseph 0 Pecenka 1611 Huntington Rd, De Kalb, IL 60115 Winter 1988 p.1272, Winter 1989 p.1287, Winter 1990 p.1307, 1994 p.1699, 1995 p.1847, 1996 p.1906
1987 · 1 edition WB9ZCR · class G
Joseph 0 Pmnka 1611 Huntiniton Rdr De Ka~ Il B0115 Winter 1987 p.1238
1985 · 1 edition WB9ZCR · class G
Joseph Dpecenka Lbll Huntinjton Rd, De Kafu, IL 60115 Winter 1985 p.1221
1984 · 1 edition WB9ZCR · class G
Joseph 0 Pecenka 1611 Huntin~on Rd, De Ka~, IL 60115 Winter 1984 p.1218
None → 1983 · 7 editions WB9ZCR · class G
Joseph O Pecenka 1611 Huntington Rd, De Kalb, IL 60115 None p.1092, Winter 1978 p.945, Winter 1979 p.514, Winter 1980 p.1083, 1981 p.1021, Winter 1982 p.1135, Winter 1983 p.1172
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9ZCR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9ZCR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.