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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)
WD9DSR HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 25, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Nov 25, 2007
Previous holder: MELVIN A GAMBILL
Held WD9DSR Nov 10, 1986 → Nov 24, 2005
· first licensed Nov 10, 1986 as WD9DSR
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1982 as WD9DSR, before the FCC's online records
WD9DSRExpiredAdvancedNov 10, 1986 → Nov 24, 2005 (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 Apr 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs WD9DSR
· Advanced · issued Nov 24, 1995, expires Nov 24, 2005
MELVIN A. GAMBILL
1100 E 2ND ST, CENTRALIA, IL 62801
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs WD9DSR
· Advanced · issued Nov 10, 1986, expires Nov 10, 1996
MELVIN A GAMBILL
1100 E 2ND, CENTRALIA, IL 62801
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 WD9DSR
MELVIN A GAMBILL
1100 E 2ND ST, CENTRALIA, IL 62801
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 WD9DSR · class A
Melvin A Gambill 1100 E 2nd, Centralia, IL 62801 1995 p.1735, 1996 p.1791
1988 · 1 edition WD9DSR · class N
Roger W Evans 501 Maxwell St, Salida, CO 81101 Winter 1988 p.24
1982 → 1985 · 3 editions WD9DSR · class N
Melvin A Gambill 1100 E 2nd, Centralia, IL 62801 Winter 1982 p.1062, Winter 1983 p.1097, Winter 1985 p.1142
1980 · 1 edition WD9DSR · class N
Melvin A Gamb1 I 1100 E 2nd, Centralia, IL 62801 Winter 1980 p.1016
1979 · 1 edition WD9DSR · class N
Melvin A Garnbili 1100 E 2nd, Central~, IL 62801 Winter 1979 p.447
None · 1 edition WD9DSR · class N
Melvin A Gambill 1100 E 2nd, Centralia None p.1017
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9DSR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9DSR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.