N9TPB FCC License Search

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K3BUM HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 14, 2026.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and 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 Aug 14, 2026

Previous holder: Walter A Urban Jr

Held K3BUM Aug 13, 2004 → Aug 13, 2024 · first licensed Aug 13, 2004 as K3BUM · 1 license · FRN 0011387917

K3BUM Expired General Aug 13, 2004 → Aug 13, 2024 (expired)

Licensee
Walter A Urban Jr

Address
525 LANCASTER AVE APT 410
READING, PA 19611-1672
40.3247, -75.9429 (ZIP center) · Grid FN20ah · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0011387917

Last granted
Jul 22, 2014

Effective
Jan 22, 2021

Last action
Aug 15, 2026
FCC actions (6)
- Aug 15, 2026 — License expired LIEXP
- Jan 22, 2021 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jan 30, 2019 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jul 22, 2014 — License renewed LIREN
- Jan 20, 2010 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Aug 13, 2004 — FCC action LITIN

Address history

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

Seen Apr 16, 2022 → Oct 4, 2026 · 13 snapshots · as K3BUM
Walter A Urban Jr
525 LANCASTER AVE APT 410, READING, PA 19611-1672
40.3247, -75.9429 (ZIP center) · Grid FN20ah · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 6, 2019 · 1 snapshot · as K3BUM
Walter A Urban Jr
1201 MUSEUM RD, READING, PA 19611
40.3247, -75.9429 (ZIP center) · Grid FN20ah · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Jan 22, 2019 · 33 snapshots · as K3BUM
Walter A Urban Jr
101 Schuylkill Ave, Shenandoah, PA 17976
40.8199, -76.2105 (ZIP center) · Grid FN10vt · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as K3BUM
Walter A Urban Jr
11855 Lower Horse Valley Rd, Upperstrasburg, PA 17265
40.0322, -77.7750 (ZIP center) · Grid FN10ca · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting K3BUM

1 application listed K3BUM as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jul 1, 2025	Jul 19, 2025	KD3BJJ · Jason M Konopinski · Hanover, PA	6	Dismissed

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K3BUM in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K3BUM beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.