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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)
WD9CTS HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 19, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Feb 26, 2024 as choice 5:
not granted, that applicant got WZ9CTS instead.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Oct 19, 2000
Previous holder: GERALD E RUNYON
Held WD9CTS Oct 18, 1988 → Oct 18, 1998
· first licensed Oct 18, 1988 as WD9CTS
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9CTS, before the FCC's online records
WD9CTSExpiredGeneralOct 18, 1988 → Oct 18, 1998 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → May 2, 2000 · 13 discs WD9CTS
· General · issued Oct 18, 1988, expires Oct 18, 1998
GERALD E. RUNYON
4620 HARRISON, GARY, IN 46408
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 WD9CTS
GERALD E RUNYON
4620 HARRISON, GARY, IN 46408
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.
1995 → 1996 · 2 editions WD9CTS · class G
Gorald E Runyon 4610 Harrison Gary, IN 46408 1995 p.1730, 1996 p.1785
1994 · 1 edition WD9CTS · class T
Thomas D Rhodes 11800 Grant Rd 2508, Cypress, TX 77429 1994 p.1589
1991 · 1 edition WD9CTS · class G
Gerald E Run)un 4610 Harrison, Gary, IN 46408 Winter 1991 p.1325
1990 · 1 edition WD9CTS · class G
Gerald E Runyon 4620 Harrison, Gary, IN 46408 Winter 1990 p.1223
1984 → 1986 · 3 editions WD9CTS · class G
Gerald E Runyon 109 Third St, La Porte, IN 46350 Winter 1984 p.1134, Winter 1985 p.1136, Winter 1986 p.1133
1980 · 1 edition WD9CTS · class T
Gerald E Runyon 421 Holiday, Michigan City, IN 46360 Winter 1980 p.1010
1979 · 1 edition WD9CTS · class T
Gerakl E Runyon 421 Ho Iday, Michigan City, IN 46360 Winter 1979 p.443
Others Requesting WD9CTS
1 application listed WD9CTS as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9CTS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9CTS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.