🕒 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)
WD9BKE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 6, 2019.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 6, 2019
Previous holder: Ronald Cosentino
Held WD9BKE Mar 8, 1988 → Dec 5, 2017
· first licensed Mar 8, 1988 as WD9BKE
· 1 license · FRN 0016929671 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9BKE, before the FCC's online records
WD9BKEExpiredAdvancedMar 8, 1988 → Dec 5, 2017 (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 WD9BKE
· Advanced · issued Dec 5, 1997, expires Dec 5, 2007
RONALD COSENTINO
546 CAMBRIDGE WAY, BOLINGBROOK, IL 60439
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WD9BKE
· Advanced · issued Mar 8, 1988, expires Mar 8, 1998
RONALD COSENTINO
546 CAMBRIDGE WAY, BOLINGBROOK, IL 60439
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 WD9BKE
RONALD COSENTINO
546 CAMBRIDGE WAY, BOLINGBROOK, IL 60439
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.
1997 · 1 edition WD9BKE · class A
Ronald Cosentino 1 546 Il 604j9 1997 p.1845
1995 → 1996 · 2 editions WD9BKE · class A
Ronald Cosentino 546 Cambridge Way, Bolingbrook Il 604j9 1995 p.1722, 1996 p.1777
1987 · 1 edition WD9BKE · class A
Ronald Cosentino 46 Cambridge W~, Bolingbrook, IL 00439 Winter 1987 p.1145
1984 → 1986 · 3 editions WD9BKE · class A
Ronald Cosentino 546 Cambrid~e Waj, Bolin~brook, IL 60439 Winter 1984 p.1126, Winter 1985 p.1128, Winter 1986 p.1126
1980 → 1983 · 4 editions WD9BKE · class A
Ronald J Cosentino 546 Cambridge Way, Bolingbrook, IL 60439 Winter 1980 p.1003, 1981 p.939, Winter 1982 p.1049, Winter 1983 p.1082
1979 · 1 edition WD9BKE · class A
Ronald J Cosentino 560 Nine Crest, Boflf9jrook, IL 60439 Winter 1979 p.437
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9BKE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9BKE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.