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WD9FNY HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 25, 2021.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 25, 2021
Previous holder: ROBERT E NELMS
Held WD9FNY Mar 29, 1988 → Mar 24, 2019
· first licensed Mar 29, 1988 as WD9FNY
· 1 license · FRN 0018379669 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9FNY, before the FCC's online records
WD9FNYExpiredGeneralMar 29, 1988 → Mar 24, 2019 (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 7, 1999 → Apr 17, 2003 · 9 discs WD9FNY
· General · issued Mar 24, 1999, expires Mar 24, 2009
ROBERT E. NELMS
728 E MONITOR ST, CROWN POINT, IN 46307-3415
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Nov 11, 1998 · 10 discs WD9FNY
· General · issued Mar 29, 1988, expires Mar 29, 1998
ROBERT E NELMS
728 E MONITOR ST, CROWN POINT, IN 46307
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Mar 16, 2016 → Nov 1, 2026 · 31 snapshots · as WD9FNY
ROBERT E NELMS
6840 W. 96th Street, Zionsville, IN 46077
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 WD9FNY · class G
Robert E Nelms 72b E Monitor St, Crown Point In 46j07 1997 p.1870
1993 → 1996 · 2 editions WD9FNY · class G
Robert E Nelms 718 E Monitor St, Crown Point In 46j07 1993 p.1514, 1996 p.1802
1992 · 1 edition WD9FNY · class G
Robert E Nelms 72b E Monitor St, Crown Point, IN 46307 1992 p.1397
1990 · 1 edition WD9FNY · class G
Robert E Nelms 728 E Monitor St, Crown Point, IN 46307 Winter 1990 p.1238
1987 · 1 edition WD9FNY · class G
Robert E Nelms 718 E Monitor St, Crown Point, IN 46307 Winter 1987 p.1167
1985 · 1 edition WD9FNY · class G
Robert E Nelms 71b E Monitor St, Crown Point, IN 46307 Winter 1985 p.1152
1981 → 1984 · 4 editions WD9FNY · class G
Robert E Nelms 728 E Monitor St, Crown Point, IN 46307 1981 p.961, Winter 1982 p.1072, Winter 1983 p.1106, Winter 1984 p.1150
1980 · 1 edition WD9FNY · class G
Robert E Nelms 72b E Monitor St, Crown Point, IN 46307 Winter 1980 p.1027
None → 1979 · 2 editions WD9FNY · class G
Robert E Nelms 728 E Monitor St, Crown Point None p.1026, Winter 1979 p.963
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9FNY in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9FNY beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.