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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)
WD9FBF HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 20, 2000.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 20, 2000
Previous holder: CLARENCE L WILLIAMSON
Held WD9FBF Jan 19, 1988 → Jan 19, 1998
· first licensed Jan 19, 1988 as WD9FBF
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9FBF, before the FCC's online records
WD9FBFExpiredTechnician PlusJan 19, 1988 → Jan 19, 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 Oct 31, 1994 → Oct 8, 1999 · 10 discs WD9FBF
· Technician Plus · issued Jan 19, 1988, expires Jan 19, 1998
CLARENCE L. WILLIAMSON
R 6 BOX 127, KANKAKEE, IL 60901
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD9FBF
· Technician · issued Jan 19, 1988, expires Jan 19, 1998
CLARENCE L WILLIAMSON
R 6 BOX 127, KANKAKEE, IL 60901
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 WD9FBF
CLARENCE L WILLIAMSON
R 6 BOX 127, KANKAKEE, IL 60901
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 → 1997 · 2 editions WD9FBF · class T
Clarence L Williamson Rt 6 Box 117, Kankakee, IL 60901 1995 p.1744, 1997 p.1867
1989 → 1990 · 2 editions WD9FBF · class T
Clarence L Williamson Rt 6 Box 127, Kankakee, IL 60901 Winter 1989 p.1215, Winter 1990 p.1235
1987 · 1 edition WD9FBF · class T
Clarence L Williamson Rte 4-Box 288-B, Kankakee Il &0901 Winter 1987 p.1164
1986 · 1 edition WD9FBF · class T
Clarence L Williamson Rte 4-Box 1bb-B, Kankakee Il &0901 Winter 1986 p.1146
1984 · 1 edition WD9FBF · class T
Clarence L Williamson Rte 4-Box 188-B, Kankakee, IL 60901 Winter 1984 p.1148
1983 · 1 edition WD9FBF · class T
Clarence L Williamson Rte 4-Box 288-B, Kankakee, IL 61734 Winter 1983 p.1102
1979 → 1982 · 4 editions WD9FBF · class T
Clarence L Williamson Rfd 4-Box 288, Kankakee, IL 60901 Winter 1979 p.961, Winter 1980 p.1024, 1981 p.958, Winter 1982 p.1069
None · 1 edition WD9FBF · class T
Clarence L Williamson Rte 4-Box 288-B, Kankakee, IL 60901 None p.1023
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9FBF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9FBF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.