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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)
WD9BJU HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 17, 2020.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jul 17, 2020
Previous holder: MAX E TRUMBOLD
Held WD9BJU Aug 2, 1988 → Jul 16, 2018
· first licensed Aug 2, 1988 as WD9BJU
· 1 license · FRN 0017957879 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WD9BJU, 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 Nov 11, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 10 discs WD9BJU
· General · issued Jul 16, 1998, expires Jul 16, 2008
MAX E. TRUMBOLD
822 N 4TH ST, CHILLICOTHE, IL 61523
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Mar 9, 1998 · 9 discs WD9BJU
· General · issued Aug 2, 1988, expires Aug 2, 1998
MAX E TRUMBOLD
822 N 4TH ST, CHILLICOTHE, IL 61523
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 WD9BJU
MAX E TRUMBOLD
822 N 4TH ST, CHILLICOTHE, IL 61523
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.
1992 → 1997 · 4 editions WD9BJU · class G
Max E Trumbolil 821 N 4th Street C Illicothe Il &1513 1992 p.1372, 1995 p.1722, 1996 p.1777, 1997 p.1845
1987 · 1 edition WD9BJU · class G
Max E Trumbol B11 N 4th St, Chillicothe Il &1513 Winter 1987 p.1145
1986 · 1 edition WD9BJU · class G
Max E Trumbo! 811 N 4th St, Chillicothe Il 6151j Winter 1986 p.1126
1985 · 1 edition WD9BJU · class G
Max E Trumbold 811 N 4th St, Chillicothe, IL 61513 Winter 1985 p.1128
1983 · 1 edition WD9BJU · class G
Max E Trumbold 822 N 4th St, Chillicothe, IL 61523 Winter 1983 p.1082
1982 · 1 edition WD9BJU · class G
Max Etrumbold B22 N 4th St, Chillicothe, IL 61523 Winter 1982 p.1049
1981 · 1 edition WD9BJU · class G
Max E Trumbold 822 N 4th St, Chillicothe, IL 61523 1981 p.939
1980 · 1 edition WD9BJU · class G
Max E Trumbold 1 B22 N 4th. St Chilficothe, IL 61523 Winter 1980 p.1003
None → 1979 · 3 editions WD9BJU · class G
Max E Trumbold 822 N 4th St, Chillicothe None p.1002, Winter 1978 p.871, Winter 1979 p.944
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9BJU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9BJU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.