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WD9FUL HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 30, 2009.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Aug 30, 2009
Previous holder: GERARD L BANTON
Held WD9FUL Sep 22, 1987 → Aug 29, 2007
· first licensed Sep 22, 1987 as WD9FUL
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9FUL, before the FCC's online records
WD9FULExpiredTechnician PlusSep 22, 1987 → Aug 29, 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 WD9FUL
· Technician Plus · issued Aug 29, 1997, expires Aug 29, 2007
GERARD L. BANTON
11319 S RIDGEWAY AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60655
Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 4, 1997 · 6 discs WD9FUL
· Technician Plus · issued Sep 22, 1987, expires Sep 22, 1997
GERARD L BANTON
11319 SO RIDGEWAY, CHICAGO, IL 60655
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD9FUL
· Technician · issued Sep 22, 1987, expires Sep 22, 1997
GERARD L BANTON
11319 SO RIDGEWAY, CHICAGO, IL 60655
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 WD9FUL
GERARD L BANTON
11319 S RIDGEWAY AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60655
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 WD9FUL
I Gerard L Banton 11319 S Rid~ Way, Chicago, IL 60655 1997 p.1871
1996 · 1 edition WD9FUL · class T
Gerard L Banton Ll319 S Idge Way, Chicago, IL 60655 1996 p.1804
1995 · 1 edition WD9FUL · class T
Gerard L Banton Llll9 S Ridge Way, Chkago Il B0b55 1995 p.1748
1987 → 1993 · 3 editions WD9FUL · class T
Gerard L Banton 11319 S Ridge Way, Icago Il B0b55 Winter 1987 p.1168, Winter 1990 p.1239, 1993 p.1516
1986 · 1 edition WD9FUL · class T
Gerard L Banton Llj!9 S Ridge Way, Icago, IL 60655 Winter 1986 p.1150
1979 → 1985 · 3 editions WD9FUL · class T
Gerard L Banton 11319 S Ridge Way, Chicago, IL 60655 Winter 1979 p.456, Winter 1980 p.1028, Winter 1985 p.1153
None · 1 edition WD9FUL · class G
Stephen D Keithley 308 N Scott St, Alexis, IL 61412 None p.1025
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9FUL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9FUL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.