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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)
WD9BCO HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 23, 2011.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Apr 23, 2011
Previous holder: ROBERT K NOVAK
Held WD9BCO Aug 8, 1989 → Apr 22, 2009
· first licensed Aug 8, 1989 as WD9BCO
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WD9BCO, 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 Oct 8, 1999 → Apr 17, 2003 · 8 discs WD9BCO
· Advanced · issued Apr 22, 1999, expires Apr 22, 2009
ROBERT K. NOVAK
5213 W TESCH AVE, MILWAUKEE, WI 53220
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 7, 1999 · 11 discs WD9BCO
· Advanced · issued Aug 8, 1989, expires Aug 8, 1999
ROBERT K NOVAK
5213 W TESCH AVE, MILWAUKEE, WI 53220
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 WD9BCO
ROBERT K NOVAK
5213 W TESCH AVE, MILWAUKEE, WI 53220
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.
1993 → 1995 · 2 editions WD9BCO · class A
Robert K Novak 51jj Wtesch Ave1 Milwaukee Wi 5j110 T Darrel G Wiedeman, B71 Raintree Dr, Naperville, IL 60540 1993 p.1488, 1995 p.1720
1986 → 1992 · 3 editions WD9BCO · class A
Robert K Novak 5213 W Tesch Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53220 Winter 1986 p.1125, Winter 1989 p.1195, 1992 p.1370
1984 · 1 edition WD9BCO · class A
Robert K Novak 51jj W Tesch Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53110 Winter 1984 p.1124
1983 · 1 edition WD9BCO · class G
James J Bywater 12721 Harbor Blvd 129, Garden Grove, CA 92640 Winter 1983 p.1080
None → 1982 · 6 editions WD9BCO · class G
Robert K Novak 5213 W Tesch Av, Milwaukee, WI 53220 None p.1000, Winter 1978 p.869, Winter 1979 p.435, Winter 1980 p.1001, 1981 p.937, Winter 1982 p.1047
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9BCO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9BCO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.