N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 9:42 am CDT (FCC files through Sep 30, 2026) · next update tomorrow 9:15 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

AF4EK HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 30, 2009.

2x2 call: only Amateur Extra licensees can request it. 1 pending application already lists it (first filed Sep 29, 2026) — see requests.

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Jul 30, 2009

Previous holder: LYLE W MAPLES

Held AF4EK Jul 29, 1997 → Jul 29, 2007 · first licensed Jul 29, 1997 as AF4EK · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

AF4EK Expired Amateur Extra Jul 29, 1997 → Jul 29, 2007 (expired)

Licensee
LYLE W MAPLES

Address
PO Box 764
MAPLE, NC 27956-0764
36.4000, -76.0011 (ZIP center) · Grid FM16xj · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Previous call
K4TY

Last granted
Jul 29, 1997

Effective
Jul 29, 1997

Last action
Jul 30, 2009
FCC actions (1)
- Jul 30, 2009 — License expired LIEXP

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as AF4EK
LYLE W MAPLES
PO Box 764
MAPLE, NC 27956-0764
36.4000, -76.0011 (ZIP center) · Grid FM16xj · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting AF4EK

1 application listed AF4EK as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Sep 29, 2026	Oct 17, 2026 (on or after)	KC0ILN · RODNEY N BARRY · Powder Springs, GA	23	Pending

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for AF4EK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of AF4EK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.