N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 9, 2026) · next update today 8:30 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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)

AB4FN HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 30, 1999.

2x2 call: only Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jan 12, 2024 as choice 10: application dismissed.

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

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Dec 30, 1999

Previous holder: FRANK E ORGAIN

Held AB4FN Dec 29, 1987 → Dec 29, 1997 · first licensed Dec 29, 1987 as AB4FN · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

AB4FN Expired Amateur Extra Dec 29, 1987 → Dec 29, 1997 (expired)

Licensee
FRANK E ORGAIN

Address
4508 ARROWHEAD RD
RICHMOND, VA 23235
37.5146, -77.5648 (ZIP center) · Grid FM17fm · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Previous call
N4OPW (General)

Last granted
Dec 29, 1987

Effective
Dec 29, 1987

Last action
Dec 30, 1999
FCC actions (1)
- Dec 30, 1999 — License expired LIEXP

Callbook Records, 1993–2003

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 Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 8, 1999 · 12 discs
AB4FN · Amateur Extra · issued Dec 29, 1987, expires Dec 29, 1997 · previously N4OPW (General)
FRANK E. ORGAIN
4508 ARROWHEAD RD, RICHMOND, VA 23235

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as AB4FN
FRANK E ORGAIN
4508 ARROWHEAD RD, RICHMOND, VA 23235
37.5146, -77.5648 (ZIP center) · Grid FM17fm · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

AB4FN in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997

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.

1997 · 1 edition
AB4FN · class E
Frank E Orgain
450b Arrowh"d Rd, Richmond, VA 23135
1997 p.650
1989 → 1996 · 6 editions
AB4FN · class E
Frank E Orgain
4508 Arrowhead Rd, Richmond, VA 23235
Winter 1989 p.465, Winter 1990 p.460, Winter 1991 p.489, 1992 p.511, 1994 p.575, 1996 p.630

Others Requesting AB4FN

1 application listed AB4FN as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	AB4FN	Result
Jan 12, 2024	Jan 30, 2024	KZ4DJ · Robert A Noonan · Johnson City, TN	10	Dismissed	Application dismissed

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for AB4FN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of AB4FN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.