N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT

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AB4AK HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 6, 2026.

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 Mar 6, 2026

Previous holder: EMMET C HUGHES

Held AB4AK Jan 6, 2004 → Mar 5, 2024 · first licensed Jan 6, 2004 as AB4AK · 1 license · FRN 0005025432

AB4AK Expired Amateur Extra Jan 6, 2004 → Mar 5, 2024 (expired)

Licensee
EMMET C HUGHES

Address
Attn: Emmet C. Hughes
PO Box 2
Wilmington, CA 90748

FRN
0005025432

Previous call
N4OVV (Advanced)

Last granted
Dec 27, 2013

Effective
Dec 27, 2013

Last action
Mar 6, 2026
FCC actions (4)
- Mar 6, 2026 — License expired LIEXP
- Dec 27, 2013 — License renewed LIREN
- Jan 6, 2004 — License renewed LIREN
- Jan 6, 2004 — 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 → Oct 4, 2026 · 38 snapshots · as AB4AK
EMMET C HUGHES
Attn: Emmet C. Hughes
PO Box 2
Wilmington, CA 90748
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 22, 2013 · 10 snapshots · as AB4AK
EMMET C HUGHES
6291 OLD BARBOURSVILLE RD, GORDONSVILLE, VA 22942
38.1014, -78.2021 (ZIP center) · Grid FM08vc · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting AB4AK

2 applications listed AB4AK as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Apr 21, 2026	May 9, 2026	KO6KZT · Aashi Kandregula · Tracy, CA	4	Dismissed
Mar 13, 2026	Mar 31, 2026	KO6KZT · Aashi Kandregula · Tracy, CA	2	Dismissed

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for AB4AK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of AB4AK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.