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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)
WD9GSH HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 16, 1999.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Sep 16, 1999
Previous holder: ROBERT G THORNTON
Held WD9GSH Sep 15, 1987 → Sep 15, 1997
· first licensed Sep 15, 1987 as WD9GSH
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WD9GSH, before the FCC's online records
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 7, 1999 · 3 discs WD9GSH
· Advanced · issued Sep 15, 1987, expires Sep 15, 1997
ROBERT G THORNTON
PO BOX 52, PORT BYRON, IL 61275
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs WD9GSH
· Advanced · issued Sep 15, 1987, expires Sep 15, 1997
ROBERT G THORNTON
POB 52, PORT BYRON, IL 61275
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 WD9GSH
ROBERT G THORNTON
PO Box 52 PORT BYRON, IL 61275
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.
1989 → 1994 · 3 editions WD9GSH · class A
Robert G Thornton Pob 52, Port Byron, IL 61275 Winter 1989 p.1224, Winter 1990 p.1244, 1994 p.1614
1988 · 1 edition WD9GSH · class A
Robert G Thornton Route 1 Box 94, Erie, IL 61150 Winter 1988 p.1205
1987 · 1 edition WD9GSH · class A
Robert G Thornton Route I Box 94, Erie Il Bl150 Winter 1987 p.1172
1986 · 1 edition WD9GSH · class A
Robert G Thornton Route 1 Box 94, Erie Ll Bl250 Winter 1986 p.1154
1981 → 1982 · 2 editions WD9GSH · class A
Robert G Thornton Rfd 1-Box 94, Erie, IL 61250 1981 p.967, Winter 1982 p.1078
1980 · 1 edition WD9GSH · class A
Robert G Thornton Rfd !-Box 94, Erie, IL 61250 Winter 1980 p.1032
1979 · 1 edition WD9GSH · class A
Robert G Thorn1on Rfo I·box 94, Erie, IL 61250 Winter 1979 p.460
None · 1 edition WD9GSH · class A
Robert G Thornton Route 1 Box 94, Erie, IL 61250 None p.1032
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9GSH in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9GSH beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.