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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)
WD9BAQ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 22, 2026.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jun 22, 2026
Previous holder: PAUL E RYBAK
Held WD9BAQ May 29, 1984 → Jun 21, 2024
· first licensed May 29, 1984 as WD9BAQ
· 1 license · FRN 0011402351 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WD9BAQ, before the FCC's online records
WD9BAQExpiredNoviceMay 29, 1984 → Jun 21, 2024 (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 Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 17 discs WD9BAQ
· Novice · issued Jun 21, 1994, expires Jun 21, 2004
PAUL E. RYBAK
3675 N BETH DR, MORRIS, IL 60450
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD9BAQ
· Novice · issued May 29, 1984, expires May 29, 1994
PAUL E RYBAK
3675 N BETH DR, MORRIS, IL 60450
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 27, 2010 → Nov 1, 2026 · 51 snapshots · as WD9BAQ
PAUL E RYBAK
PO Box 142 Topton, NC 28781
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.
None → 1991 · 8 editions WD9BAQ · class N
Paul E Rybak 3675 N Beth Dr, Morris None p.1000, Winter 1978 p.869, Winter 1979 p.434, Winter 1980 p.1001, 1981 p.937, Winter 1983 p.1080, Winter 1989 p.1194, Winter 1991 p.1314
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9BAQ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9BAQ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.