🕒 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)
WD9DRB HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 2, 2008.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 2, 2008
Previous holder: KAREN M KATZAN
Held WD9DRB Jul 8, 1986 → May 1, 2006
· first licensed Jul 8, 1986 as WD9DRB
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9DRB, before the FCC's online records
WD9DRBExpiredTechnician PlusJul 8, 1986 → May 1, 2006 (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 Oct 27, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 13 discs WD9DRB
· Technician Plus · issued May 1, 1996, expires May 1, 2006
KAREN M. KATZAN
404 ORCHARD ST, FOX RIVER GROVE, IL 60021
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 21, 1996 · 4 discs WD9DRB
· Technician Plus · issued Jul 8, 1986, expires Jul 8, 1996
KAREN M KATZAN
404 ORCHARD ST, FOX RIVER GROVE, IL 60021
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD9DRB
· Technician · issued Jul 8, 1986, expires Jul 8, 1996
KAREN M KATZAN
404 ORCHARD ST, FOX RIVER GROVE, IL 60021
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 WD9DRB
KAREN M KATZAN
404 ORCHARD ST, FOX RIVER GROVE, IL 60021
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 · 1 edition WD9DRB · class T
Karen M Katzan 404 Orchard S~ Fox River Grove, IL 60021 1995 p.1735
1994 · 1 edition WD9DRB · class A
Peter C Crasher Rr 1 Box 47-A, Merom, IN 47861 1994 p.1595
None → 1987 · 7 editions WD9DRB · class T
Karen M Katzan 404 Orchard St, Fox River Grove None p.1016, Winter 1979 p.447, Winter 1980 p.1015, 1981 p.951, Winter 1982 p.1062, Winter 1985 p.1141, Winter 1987 p.1156
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9DRB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9DRB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.