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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)
WD9HQB HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 5, 2004.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Feb 5, 2004
Previous holder: BERNARD J VAN AUSDALL
Held WD9HQB Feb 4, 1992 → Feb 4, 2002
· first licensed Feb 4, 1992 as WD9HQB
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WD9HQB, before the FCC's online records
WD9HQBExpiredGeneralFeb 4, 1992 → Feb 4, 2002 (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 Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 17, 2003 · 19 discs WD9HQB
· General · issued Feb 4, 1992, expires Feb 4, 2002
BERNARD J. VAN AUSDALL
4645 S FAIRFIELD, CHICAGO, IL 60632
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 WD9HQB
BERNARD J VAN AUSDALL
4645 S FAIRFIELD, CHICAGO, IL 60632
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.
1983 · 1 edition WD9HQB · class G
Bernard J Van Ausdall 4644 S Fairfield, Chicago, IL 60632 Winter 1983 p.1116
1982 · 1 edition WD9HQB · class G
Bernard J . , IL 60632 Winter 1982 p.1083
1980 · 1 edition WD9HQB · class G
Bernard J Van Ausdall 4644 S Fairfield, Chicago, IL 60632 Winter 1980 p.1036
1979 · 1 edition WD9HQB · class N
Bernard J Vatl Ausdafl 4644 5 Fai1ield, ~, IL 60532 Winter 1979 p.464
None · 1 edition WD9HQB · class G
Bernard J Van Ausdall 4644 S Fairfield, Chicago None p.1036
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9HQB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9HQB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.