N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 8:30 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 1, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT

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

AB0VO HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 26, 2016.

2x2 call: only Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Apr 26, 2016

Previous holder: Richard A Painter

Held AB0VO May 13, 2002 → Apr 25, 2014 · first licensed Mar 8, 2002 as KA3ZTJ · 3 licenses · FRN 0006650287

📦 Moved: Falcon, CO → Black Forest, CO

N0RAP Active Amateur Extra · vanity Apr 25, 2014 → expires Apr 25, 2034

Licensee
Richard A Painter

Address
Attn: Richard Painter
8470 Swan Rd
Black Forest, CO 80908
39.0275, -104.6696 (street) · Grid DM79pa · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0006650287

Previous call
AB0VO (Novice)

Last granted
Mar 6, 2024

Effective
Mar 6, 2024

Last action
Mar 6, 2024
FCC actions (6)
- Mar 6, 2024 — License renewed LIREN
- May 11, 2017 — Administrative update LIAUA
- May 11, 2017 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Oct 2, 2015 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Apr 25, 2014 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Apr 25, 2014 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: Black Forest, CO → Falcon, CO

AB0VO Canceled Amateur Extra May 13, 2002 → Apr 25, 2014 (canceled)

Licensee
Richard A Painter

Address
7234 Antelope Meadows Cir
Falcon, CO 80831
38.9811, -104.4999 (ZIP center) · Grid DM78sx · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0006650287

Previous call
KA3ZTJ (Novice)

Last granted
Dec 13, 2011

Effective
Mar 13, 2014

Last action
Apr 25, 2014
FCC actions (5)
- Apr 25, 2014 — License canceled LICAN
- Mar 13, 2014 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Dec 13, 2011 — License renewed LIREN
- May 13, 2002 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT
- May 13, 2002 — License issued LIISS
KA3ZTJ Canceled Amateur Extra Mar 8, 2002 → May 13, 2002 (canceled)

Licensee
Richard A Painter

Address
8470 Swan Rd
Black Forest, CO 80908
39.0275, -104.6696 (street) · Grid DM79pa · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0006650287

Last granted
Mar 8, 2002

Effective
Mar 9, 2002

Last action
May 13, 2002
FCC actions (3)
- May 13, 2002 — License canceled LICAN
- Mar 9, 2002 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Mar 8, 2002 — License renewed LIREN

Address history

From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Seen Mar 28, 2014 → Sep 27, 2026 · 43 snapshots · as AB0VO
Richard A Painter
7234 Antelope Meadows Cir, Falcon, CO 80831
38.9811, -104.4999 (ZIP center) · Grid DM78sx · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 76 snapshots · as KA3ZTJ
Richard A Painter
8470 Swan Rd, Black Forest, CO 80908
39.0275, -104.6696 (street) · Grid DM79pa · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Nov 16, 2015 → May 12, 2017 · 11 snapshots · as N0RAP
Richard A Painter
2407 N Logan Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80907
38.8790, -104.8211 (ZIP center) · Grid DM78ov · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting AB0VO

1 application listed AB0VO as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Apr 25, 2016	May 13, 2016	KE0IGC · Thomas R Slavicek · Viburnum, MO	2	Dismissed

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for AB0VO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of AB0VO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.