🕒 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)
WD9BBM HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 17, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jun 17, 2009
Previous holder: CHARLES M WENK
Held WD9BBM Jul 8, 1986 → Jun 16, 2007
· first licensed Jul 8, 1986 as WD9BBM
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WD9BBM, before the FCC's online records
WD9BBMExpiredTechnician PlusJul 8, 1986 → Jun 16, 2007 (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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs WD9BBM
· Technician Plus · issued Jun 16, 1997, expires Jun 16, 2007
CHARLES M. WENK
8207 S NEWLAND, BURBANK, IL 60459
Seen Apr 21, 1996 → Apr 4, 1997 · 3 discs WD9BBM
· Technician Plus · issued Mar 28, 1996, expires Mar 28, 2006
CHARLES M WENK
8207 S NEWLAND AVE, BURBANK, IL 60459
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Oct 26, 1995 · 3 discs WD9BBM
· Technician Plus · issued Jul 8, 1986, expires Jul 8, 1996
CHARLES M WENK
8207 S NEWLAND AVE, BURBANK, IL 60459
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD9BBM
· Technician · issued Jul 8, 1986, expires Jul 8, 1996
CHARLES M WENK
8207 S NEWLAND AVE, BURBANK, IL 60459
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 WD9BBM
CHARLES M WENK
8207 S NEWLAND, BURBANK, IL 60459
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 → 1997 · 8 editions WD9BBM · class P
Charles M Wenk 8207 S Newland Ave, Burbank None p.1000, Winter 1978 p.869, Winter 1980 p.1001, 1981 p.937, Winter 1983 p.1080, 1994 p.1580, 1996 p.1776, 1997 p.1844
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9BBM in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9BBM beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.