🕒 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)
WB9ZLK 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: GARY V SMITH
Held WB9ZLK Sep 6, 1988 → Sep 6, 1998
· first licensed Sep 6, 1988 as WB9ZLK
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB9ZLK, 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 Sep 9, 1993 → May 2, 2000 · 13 discs WB9ZLK
· General · issued Sep 6, 1988, expires Sep 6, 1998
GARY V. SMITH
512 S WATERMAN, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL 60004
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 WB9ZLK
GARY V SMITH
512 S WATERMAN, ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL 60004
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.
1996 → 1997 · 2 editions WB9ZLK · class G
Gary V Smit~ 512 S Waterman, Arlinrn Heirhts, IL 60004 1996 p.1908, 1997 p.1981
1995 · 1 edition WB9ZLK · class G
Gary V Smi& 511 S Waterman Arlington Heights, IL 60004 1995 p.1848
1994 · 1 edition WB9ZLK · class G
Gary V Smitn 512 S Waterman, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 1994 p.1700
1993 · 1 edition WB9ZLK · class G
Gary V Smit 511 S Waterman, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 1993 p.1601
1990 · 1 edition WB9ZLK · class G
Gary V Smrth 512 S Waterman, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 Winter 1990 p.1308
1985 → 1989 · 4 editions WB9ZLK · class G
Gary Vsmith 511 S Waterman, Arlin~ton Heights, IL 60004 Winter 1985 p.1222, Winter 1986 p.1219, Winter 1987 p.1239, Winter 1989 p.1289
None → 1983 · 5 editions WB9ZLK · class G
Gary V Smith 512 S Waterman, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 None p.1092, Winter 1979 p.1023, Winter 1980 p.1084, Winter 1982 p.1136, Winter 1983 p.1172
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB9ZLK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB9ZLK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.