🕒 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)
WD9BFK HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 17, 1999.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 17, 1999
Previous holder:
Held WD9BFK → Oct 16, 1997
· first licensed as WD9BFK
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
WD9BFKCanceledClub / other → Oct 16, 1997 (canceled)
Licensee
Address
Last granted
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Last action
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 WD9BFK
Earlier Holders
WD9BFK in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WD9BFK
· Advanced · issued Oct 27, 1992, expires Oct 27, 2002
ROBERT C MERSHON
7344 ZENITH AVE N, BROOKLYN PARK, MN 55443
WD9BFK in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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.
1991 · 1 edition WD9BFK · class A
Robert C Mershon 8800 Tretbaugh Dr, Bloomington, MN 55431 Winter 1991 p.1315
1987 · 1 edition WD9BFK · class A
Robert C ~rshon Bboo Trttbaugh Dr, Bloomington, MN 55431 Winter 1987 p.1144
1986 · 1 edition WD9BFK · class A
Robert Cmershon 8800 Tretbaugh Or, Bloomington, MN 55431 Winter 1986 p.1124
1985 · 1 edition WD9BFK · class A
Robert Cmershon 3434 Penn Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55412 Winter 1985 p.1127
1983 · 1 edition WD9BFK · class A
David R Whiteside 1611 Bell St, Eau Claire, WI 54701 Winter 1983 p.1081
None → 1982 · 4 editions WD9BFK · class A
Robert C Mershon 3350 Davey St, Eau Claire, WI 54701 None p.1001, Winter 1980 p.1002, 1981 p.938, Winter 1982 p.1047
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9BFK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9BFK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.