Confidence: Medium · Source: FCC ULS · As of 2026-09-12
W9YR callsign genealogy
Currently held by GOOCH, JAY D
The FCC publishes a previous_call_sign on
every amateur license — a self-link to the licensee's prior callsign.
Following those links produces the chain below.
Previous callsigns
Older callsigns held by W9YR's current licensee, walking backwards.
- KB9RIGcancelledUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VHF EXPERIMENTERSILgranted 1997-08-21cancelled 2003-11-18
Successor callsigns
Callsigns held now by people who previously held W9YR.
No current licensee on record previously held this callsign.
All historical holders
Every license row we've seen with the callsign W9YR, oldest first.
- GOOCH, JAY D IL1996-12-18 → cancelled 2003-07-07
- UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS VHF EXPERIMENTERS IL2023-11-09 active