🕒 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)
WD9IWL HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 23, 1999.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Dec 23, 1999
Previous holder: FOREST E SCHAFER
Held WD9IWL Dec 22, 1987 → Dec 22, 1997
· first licensed Dec 22, 1987 as WD9IWL
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as WD9IWL, before the FCC's online records
WD9IWLExpiredTechnician PlusDec 22, 1987 → Dec 22, 1997 (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 Oct 31, 1994 → Oct 8, 1999 · 10 discs WD9IWL
· Technician Plus · issued Dec 22, 1987, expires Dec 22, 1997
FOREST E. SCHAFER
417 WILLOW, OMRO, WI 54963
Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs WD9IWL
· Technician · issued Dec 22, 1987, expires Dec 22, 1997
FOREST E SCHAFER
417 WILLOW, OMRO, WI 54963
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 WD9IWL
FOREST E SCHAFER
417 WILLOW, OMRO, WI 54963
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.
1980 → 1997 · 6 editions WD9IWL · class T
Forest E Schafer 417 Willow, Omro, WI 54963 Winter 1980 p.1040, Winter 1982 p.1089, Winter 1985 p.1168, Winter 1986 p.1164, 1995 p.1768, 1997 p.1891
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WD9IWL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WD9IWL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.