N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 2, 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

AI4RS HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 4, 2008.

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 Nov 4, 2008

Previous holder: RICK K VARNUM

Held AI4RS Jun 27, 2006 → Nov 3, 2006 · first licensed Jun 27, 2006 as KI4PZF · 3 licenses · FRN 0015145352

📦 Moved: Lagrange, GA → Pikeville, TN

K4PQ Active Amateur Extra · vanity Nov 3, 2006 → expires Nov 3, 2026

Licensee
RICK K VARNUM

Address
Attn: Rick Varnum
89 Wiegle St
Pikeville, TN 37367
35.6061, -85.1945 (street) · Grid EM75jo · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0015145352

Previous call
AI4RS (Technician)

Last granted
Oct 29, 2016

Effective
Dec 28, 2022

Last action
Dec 28, 2022
FCC actions (5)
- Dec 28, 2022 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Oct 29, 2016 — License renewed LIREN
- Apr 16, 2013 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Nov 3, 2006 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Nov 3, 2006 — License issued LIISS
AI4RS Canceled Amateur Extra Jun 27, 2006 → Nov 3, 2006 (canceled)

Licensee
Rick K Varnum

Address
Attn: Rick K Varnum
2513 Bartley Rd
Lagrange, GA 30240
33.0368, -85.1201 (ZIP center) · Grid EM73ka · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0015145352

Previous call
KI4PZF (Technician)

Last granted
Jun 27, 2006

Effective
Sep 12, 2006

Last action
Nov 3, 2006
FCC actions (3)
- Nov 3, 2006 — License canceled LICAN
- Sep 12, 2006 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT
- Sep 12, 2006 — License issued LIISS
KI4PZF Canceled Amateur Extra Jun 27, 2006 → Sep 12, 2006 (canceled)

Licensee
Rick K Varnum

Address
Attn: Rick K Varnum
2513 Bartley Rd
Lagrange, GA 30240
33.0368, -85.1201 (ZIP center) · Grid EM73ka · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0015145352

Last granted
Jun 27, 2006

Effective
Sep 12, 2006

Last action
Sep 12, 2006
FCC actions (5)
- Sep 12, 2006 — License canceled LICAN
- Sep 12, 2006 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Sep 8, 2006 — License modified LIMOD
- Jun 27, 2006 — License issued LIISS
- Jun 27, 2006 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT

Address history

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

Seen Apr 27, 2024 → Sep 27, 2026 · 11 snapshots · as K4PQ
RICK K VARNUM
Attn: Rick Varnum
89 Wiegle St, Pikeville, TN 37367
35.6061, -85.1945 (street) · Grid EM75jo · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Sep 27, 2026 · 100 snapshots · as KI4PZF
Rick K Varnum
Attn: Rick K Varnum
2513 Bartley Rd, Lagrange, GA 30240
33.0368, -85.1201 (ZIP center) · Grid EM73ka · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 4, 2016 → Apr 16, 2022 · 13 snapshots · as K4PQ
RICK K VARNUM
Attn: Rick Varnum
PO Box 160
113 Nolan Ave W, WIBAUX, MT 59353
46.9630, -104.2745 (ZIP center) · Grid DN76ux · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Oct 22, 2013 → Jun 30, 2016 · 14 snapshots · as K4PQ
RICK K VARNUM
113 W NOLAN ST, WIBAUX, MT 59353
46.9630, -104.2745 (ZIP center) · Grid DN76ux · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting AI4RS

5 applications listed AI4RS as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jan 27, 2025	Feb 14, 2025	KQ4WNI · Russell E Sellers · St Augustine, FL	3	Granted
Jul 21, 2023	Aug 8, 2023	KB4PPE · RALPH W SHULER JR · MONETTA, SC	2	Dismissed
Mar 21, 2023	Apr 8, 2023	KM4OIO · Robert R Stewart · Columbia, AL	19	Granted
Jun 1, 2006	Jun 19, 2006	KE4CEJ · Robin A Stone · Plant City, FL	4	Dismissed
Sep 3, 2002	Sep 21, 2002	KD4EIN · Susan M Reeves · Palm Beach Gardens, FL	2	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for AI4RS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of AI4RS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.