🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 4, 2026) · next update today 9:45 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)
WD9FFY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 21, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since May 21, 2009
Previous holder: RICHARD A FIGGE
Held WD9FFY Sep 29, 1987 → May 20, 2007
· first licensed Sep 29, 1987 as WD9FFY
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9FFY, before the FCC's online records
WD9FFYExpiredGeneralSep 29, 1987 → May 20, 2007 (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 Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs WD9FFY
· General · issued May 20, 1997, expires May 20, 2007
RICHARD A. FIGGE
PO BOX 164, MINOOKA, IL 60447
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WD9FFY
· General · issued Sep 29, 1987, expires Sep 29, 1997
RICHARD A FIGGE
BOX 164, MINOOKA, IL 60447
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 WD9FFY
RICHARD A FIGGE
PO Box 164 MINOOKA, IL 60447
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 WD9FFY · class G
Richard A Figge Box 164, Minooka, IL 60447 1997 p.1868
1995 · 1 edition WD9FFY · class G
Richard A F1gie Box 164, Minooka, IL 60447 1995 p.1745
1993 · 1 edition WD9FFY · class G
Richard A Fi9~ Box 164 1 .minooka Il &0447 1993 p.1513
1984 → 1991 · 3 editions WD9FFY · class G
Richard A Figge Box 164, Minooka, IL 60447 Winter 1984 p.1149, Winter 1989 p.1216, Winter 1991 p.1342
1983 · 1 edition WD9FFY · class G
Vernon L Hammersley Rr 2, Springville, IL 60447 Winter 1983 p.1104
None → 1980 · 3 editions WD9FFY · class G
Richard A Figge Box 164, Minooka, IL 60447 None p.1024, Winter 1979 p.454, Winter 1980 p.1025
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9FFY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9FFY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.