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WD9EPL HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 2, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 2, 2000
Previous holder: JAMES R BURGER
Held WD9EPL Mar 1, 1988 → Mar 1, 1998
· first licensed Mar 1, 1988 as WD9EPL
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1978 as WD9EPL, before the FCC's online records
WD9EPLExpiredGeneralMar 1, 1988 → Mar 1, 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 → Oct 8, 1999 · 12 discs WD9EPL
· General · issued Mar 1, 1988, expires Mar 1, 1998
JAMES R. BURGER
1118 NORTHWOOD DR SO, CHAMPAIGN, IL 61820
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 WD9EPL
JAMES R BURGER
1118 NORTHWOOD DR SO, CHAMPAIGN, IL 61820
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 WD9EPL · class G
James R Burger Ll18 Northwood Dr S, Champaign, IL 61810 1997 p.1864
1991 → 1995 · 2 editions WD9EPL · class G
James R Burger 1118 Northwood Dr S, Champaig~, IL 61820 Winter 1991 p.1337, 1995 p.1741
1987 · 1 edition WD9EPL · class G
James R Burger 111b Northwood Dr So, Champaign, IL 61810 Winter 1987 p.1161
1981 → 1983 · 3 editions WD9EPL · class G
James R Burger 1118 Northwood Dr So, Champaign 1981 p.956, Winter 1982 p.1067, Winter 1983 p.1101
1979 · 1 edition WD9EPL · class T
James R Biir~ 1 T1 8 ~ )rtnw~ld Dr S. ~, IL 61820 Winter 1979 p.451
None → 1978 · 2 editions WD9EPL · class N
James R Burger 1118 Northwood Dr So, Champaign None p.1021, Winter 1978 p.883
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9EPL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9EPL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.