🕒 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)
WD9HEV HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 15, 2018.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 15, 2018
Previous holder: VIRGIL E PETERSON
Held WD9HEV Mar 5, 1985 → Mar 14, 2016
· first licensed Mar 5, 1985 as WD9HEV
· 1 license · FRN 0014926273 📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9HEV, before the FCC's online records
WD9HEVExpiredNoviceMar 5, 1985 → Mar 14, 2016 (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 21, 1996 → Apr 17, 2003 · 14 discs WD9HEV
· Novice · issued Mar 14, 1996, expires Mar 14, 2006
VIRGIL E. PETERSON
3128 HWY 70, HERTEL, WI 54845
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 26, 1995 · 5 discs WD9HEV
· Novice · issued Mar 5, 1985, expires Mar 5, 1995
VIRGIL E PETERSON
RT 2, HERTEL, WI 54845
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 WD9HEV
VIRGIL E PETERSON
3128 HWY 70, HERTEL, WI 54845
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.
1986 → 1994 · 2 editions WD9HEV · class N
Virgil E Peterson Rt 1, Hertel, WI 54845 Winter 1986 p.1156, 1994 p.1617
1982 → 1983 · 2 editions WD9HEV · class N
Virgil E Peterson Rt 2, Hertel W! 5484s Winter 1982 p.1080, Winter 1983 p.1114
1979 → 1980 · 2 editions WD9HEV · class N
N Vtr~ E Peterson Rfd 2, Hertel, WI 54845 Winter 1979 p.462, Winter 1980 p.1034
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9HEV in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9HEV beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.