N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:16 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 22, 2026) · next update today 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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)

K0GKD HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 4, 2011.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jul 30, 2003 as choice 1: granted.

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

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Jul 4, 2011

Previous holder: TOM R SOWDEN

Held K0GKD Aug 19, 2003 → Jul 3, 2009 · first licensed Jul 18, 2003 as KC0QLX · 3 licenses · FRN 0009315995
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1957 as K0GKD, before the FCC's online records

📦 Moved: Stilwell, KS → Oceanside, CA

W6KAN Active Amateur Extra · vanity Jul 3, 2009 → expires Jul 3, 2029

Licensee
TOM R SOWDEN

Address
Attn: W6KAN
3217 Avenida de Loyola
Oceanside, CA 92056
33.1976, -117.3218 (street) · Grid DM13ie · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0009315995

Previous call
K0GKD (General)

Last granted
Apr 29, 2019

Effective
Jun 24, 2022

Last action
Jun 24, 2022
FCC actions (5)
- Jun 24, 2022 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Apr 29, 2019 — License renewed LIREN
- Oct 29, 2012 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jul 3, 2009 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jul 3, 2009 — License issued LIISS
K0GKD Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Aug 19, 2003 → Jul 3, 2009 (canceled)

Licensee
TOM R SOWDEN

Address
4450 WEST 188TH ST
STILWELL, KS 66085
38.8063, -94.6452 (ZIP center) · Grid EM28qt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0009315995

Previous call
KC0QLX (General)

Last granted
Aug 19, 2003

Effective
Aug 19, 2003

Last action
Jul 3, 2009
FCC actions (3)
- Jul 3, 2009 — License canceled LICAN
- Aug 19, 2003 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Aug 19, 2003 — License issued LIISS
KC0QLX Canceled Amateur Extra Jul 18, 2003 → Aug 19, 2003 (canceled)

Licensee
Tom R Sowden

Address
4450 West 188th St
Stilwell, KS 66085
38.8063, -94.6452 (ZIP center) · Grid EM28qt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0009315995

Last granted
Jul 18, 2003

Effective
Aug 13, 2003

Last action
Aug 19, 2003
FCC actions (3)
- Aug 19, 2003 — License canceled LICAN
- Aug 13, 2003 — License modified LIMOD
- Jul 18, 2003 — License issued LIISS

Address history

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

Seen Apr 27, 2024 → Oct 18, 2026 · 14 snapshots · as W6KAN
TOM R SOWDEN
Attn: W6KAN
3217 Avenida de Loyola, Oceanside, CA 92056
33.1976, -117.3218 (street) · Grid DM13ie · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 18, 2026 · 100 snapshots · as KC0QLX
Tom R Sowden
4450 West 188th St, Stilwell, KS 66085
38.8063, -94.6452 (ZIP center) · Grid EM28qt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Feb 18, 2013 → Apr 16, 2022 · 30 snapshots · as W6KAN
TOM R SOWDEN
27253 Mountain Meadow Rd, Escondido, CA 92026
33.2110, -117.1248 (ZIP center) · Grid DM13kf · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Jul 26, 2012 · 5 snapshots · as W6KAN
TOM R SOWDEN
6420 Lago Grande Drive, Bonsall, CA 92003
33.2853, -117.1978 (ZIP center) · Grid DM13jg · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

K0GKD 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.

1971 → 1980 · 6 editions
K0GKD · class A
Thomas R Sowden
Rfd 3, Arkansas City
Winter 1971 p.22, Winter 1973 p.21, 1974 p.612, Winter 1976 p.17, Winter 1979 p.35, Winter 1980 p.43
1970 · 1 edition
K0GKD · class A
Thomas R Sowden
Rfo 3, Arkansas City 67005 Ks
Spring 1970 p.16
1961 → 1969 · 2 editions
K0GKD · class G
Thomas R. Sowden
2 0 0 N - A - S T, Arkansas C I T Y Ks
Spring 1961 p.16, Summer 1969 p.15
1960 · 1 edition
K0GKD
Thomas R. So\llden
515 N.-8- St, Arkansas City Kans
Winter 1960 p.16
1958 → 1959 · 2 editions
K0GKD
Thomas R. Sowden
515 N. "b ” St., Arkansas City, KS
Summer 1958 p.14, Spring 1959 p.14
1957 · 1 edition
K0GKD
Thomas R. Sowden
515 No. " B " Street, Arkansas City, KS
Fall 1957 p.48
None · 1 edition
K0GKD · class A
Thomas R Sowden
Rfd 3, Arkansas City
None p.612

Others Requesting K0GKD

1 application listed K0GKD as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	K0GKD	Result
Jul 30, 2003	Aug 17, 2003	KC0QLX · TOM R SOWDEN · STILWELL, KS	1	Granted	Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K0GKD in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K0GKD beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.