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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)
WD9BAC HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 26, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 26, 2009
Previous holder: ERNEST B CHANCE JR
Held WD9BAC Nov 17, 1987 → Sep 25, 2007
· first licensed Nov 17, 1987 as WD9BAC
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9BAC, 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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 7, 1999 · 3 discs WD9BAC
· General · issued Sep 25, 1997, expires Sep 25, 2007
ERNEST B CHANCE JR
22 SPENCER ST, JOLIET, IL 60433
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WD9BAC
· General · issued Nov 17, 1987, expires Nov 17, 1997
ERNEST B CHANCE JR
22 SPENCER ST, JOLIET, IL 60433
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 WD9BAC
ERNEST B CHANCE JR
22 SPENCER ST, JOLIET, IL 60433
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.
1995 → 1996 · 2 editions WD9BAC · class G
Ernest B Chance Jr{ 12 Spencer St 1 Joliet , IL 60433 1995 p.1720, 1996 p.1775
1993 · 1 edition WD9BAC · class G
Ernest B Chance Jr{ 22 Spencer St Joliet, IL 60433 1993 p.1487
1988 → 1991 · 3 editions WD9BAC · class G
Ernest B Chance Jr 11 Spencer St, Joliet, IL 60433 Winter 1988 p.1175, Winter 1989 p.1194, Winter 1991 p.1314
1983 · 1 edition WD9BAC · class G
Ernest B Chance Jr 22 Spencer St, Joliet, IL 60433 Winter 1983 p.1080
1981 · 1 edition WD9BAC · class G
Ernest B Chance Dr 22 Spencer St, Joliet 1981 p.936
1980 · 1 edition WD9BAC · class G
Ernest B Chance Jr 22 Spencer St, Joliet, IL 60433 Winter 1980 p.1001
1979 · 1 edition WD9BAC · class G
Ernest B Chance Jr 22 ~ St, Joliet, IL 60433 Winter 1979 p.434
None · 1 edition WD9BAC · class G
Ernest B Chance Jr 22 Spencer St, Joliet None p.1000
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9BAC in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9BAC beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.