🕒 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)
WD9AZW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 19, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 19, 2000
Previous holder: JOHN R FINE
Held WD9AZW Oct 18, 1988 → Oct 18, 1998
· first licensed Oct 18, 1988 as WD9AZW
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WD9AZW, before the FCC's online records
WD9AZWExpiredNoviceOct 18, 1988 → Oct 18, 1998 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → May 2, 2000 · 13 discs WD9AZW
· Novice · issued Oct 18, 1988, expires Oct 18, 1998
JOHN R. FINE
1504 WEST ACRES RD, JOLIET, IL 60435
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 WD9AZW
JOHN R FINE
1504 WEST ACRES RD, JOLIET, IL 60435
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 · 1 edition WD9AZW · class N
John Rfine 1504wacres Rd, Jo Iet, IL 60435 Winter 1996 p.1776
1996 · 1 edition WD9AZW · class N
John R Fine 150 W Acres Rd, Jo Iet, IL 60435 1996 p.1775
1995 · 1 edition WD9AZW · class G
Timothy C Carlson\ 420 Colony Or Davenport, IA 51806 1995 p.42
1990 → 1994 · 3 editions WD9AZW · class N
John R Fine 1504 W Acres Rd, Joliet, IL 60435 Winter 1990 p.1212, Winter 1991 p.1314, 1994 p.1579
1987 · 1 edition WD9AZW · class N
John R Fine 1504 West Ams Rd, Joliet Il B04j5 Winter 1987 p.1143
1980 → 1985 · 6 editions WD9AZW · class N
John R Fine 1504 West Acres Rd, Joliet, IL 60435 Winter 1980 p.1000, 1981 p.936, Winter 1982 p.1046, Winter 1983 p.1080, Winter 1984 p.1122, Winter 1985 p.1126
1979 · 1 edition WD9AZW · class N
John R Fi'lil 1504 W Acres Rd, Jotiet, IL 60435 Winter 1979 p.434
1978 · 1 edition WD9AZW · class N
John R Fine 1504 W Acres Rd, Joliet, IL 60435 Winter 1978 p.869
None · 1 edition WD9AZW · class N
John R Fine 1504 West Acres Rd, Joliet None p.1000
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9AZW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9AZW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.