🕒 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)
WD9HQJ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 31, 2007.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jan 31, 2007
Previous holder: JOHN S SHEETS
Held WD9HQJ Mar 1, 1985 → Jan 30, 2005
· first licensed Mar 1, 1985 as WD9HQJ
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WD9HQJ, before the FCC's online records
WD9HQJExpiredTechnician PlusMar 1, 1985 → Jan 30, 2005 (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 May 12, 1995 → Apr 17, 2003 · 16 discs WD9HQJ
· Technician Plus · issued Jan 30, 1995, expires Jan 30, 2005
JOHN S. SHEETS
404 GAGE AVE, DECATUR, IN 46733-2222
Seen Oct 31, 1994 · 1 disc WD9HQJ
· Technician Plus · issued Mar 1, 1985, expires Mar 1, 1995
JOHN S SHEETS
404 GAGE AVE, DECATUR, IN 46733
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD9HQJ
· Technician · issued Mar 1, 1985, expires Mar 1, 1995
JOHN S SHEETS
404 GAGE AVE, DECATUR, IN 46733
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 WD9HQJ
JOHN S SHEETS
404 GAGE AVE, DECATUR, IN 46733-2222
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 WD9HQJ · class T
John S Sheets 404 Gage Ave, Decatur W I 53217 Winter 1983 p.1116
1982 · 1 edition WD9HQJ · class T
Lynn J Danielson 225 S Vine, Roland, IA 50236 Winter 1982 p.48
1979 → 1980 · 2 editions WD9HQJ · class N
John S Sheets 404 Gage Av, Decallr, IN 46733 Winter 1979 p.464, Winter 1980 p.1036
None · 1 edition WD9HQJ · class T
John S Sheets 404 Gage Ave, Decatur None p.1036
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9HQJ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9HQJ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.