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

K3KZA HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 20, 2021.

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 Oct 20, 2021

Previous holder: Thomas S Kelchner

Held K3KZA Apr 17, 2018 → Oct 19, 2019 · first licensed Dec 11, 2017 as KC3KLL · 4 licenses · FRN 0027059450

📦 Moved: Mount Airy, MD → Gettysburg, PA

W9TOM Active Amateur Extra · vanity Oct 19, 2019 → expires Oct 19, 2029

Licensee
Thomas S Kelchner

Address
43 Iris Lane
Gettysburg, PA 17325
39.8263, -77.2276 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19jt · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0027059450

Previous call
K3KZA (General)

Last granted
Oct 19, 2019

Effective
Sep 13, 2025

Last action
Sep 13, 2025
FCC actions (5)
- Sep 13, 2025 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jan 21, 2021 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jan 6, 2020 — License modified LIMOD
- Oct 19, 2019 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Oct 19, 2019 — License issued LIISS
K3KZA Canceled General · vanity Apr 17, 2018 → Oct 19, 2019 (canceled)

Licensee
Tom S Kelchner

Address
4740 Marianne Drive
Mount Airy, MD 21771
39.3949, -77.1582 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19kj · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0027059450

Previous call
W0OPS

Last granted
Apr 17, 2018

Effective
Apr 17, 2018

Last action
Oct 19, 2019
FCC actions (3)
- Oct 19, 2019 — License canceled LICAN
- Apr 17, 2018 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Apr 17, 2018 — License issued LIISS
W0OPS Canceled General · vanity Dec 30, 2017 → Apr 17, 2018 (canceled)

Licensee
Tom S Kelchner

Address
4740 Marianne Drive
Mount Airy, MD 21771
39.3949, -77.1582 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19kj · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0027059450

Previous call
KC3KLL

Last granted
Dec 30, 2017

Effective
Dec 30, 2017

Last action
Apr 17, 2018
FCC actions (3)
- Apr 17, 2018 — License canceled LICAN
- Dec 30, 2017 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Dec 30, 2017 — License issued LIISS
KC3KLL Canceled General Dec 11, 2017 → Dec 30, 2017 (canceled)

Licensee
Tom S Kelchner

Address
4740 Marianne Drive
Mount Airy, MD 21771
39.3949, -77.1582 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19kj · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0027059450

Last granted
Dec 11, 2017

Effective
Dec 11, 2017

Last action
Dec 30, 2017
FCC actions (3)
- Dec 30, 2017 — License canceled LICAN
- Dec 11, 2017 — License issued LIISS
- Dec 11, 2017 — 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 Sep 25, 2025 → Sep 27, 2026 · 2 snapshots · as W9TOM
Thomas S Kelchner
43 Iris Lane, Gettysburg, PA 17325
39.8263, -77.2276 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19jt · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Jan 2, 2018 → Sep 27, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as KC3KLL
Tom S Kelchner
4740 Marianne Drive, Mount Airy, MD 21771
39.3949, -77.1582 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19kj · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Apr 16, 2022 → May 29, 2025 · 10 snapshots · as W9TOM
Thomas S Kelchner
4740 Marianne Drive, Mount Airy, MD 21771
39.3949, -77.1582 (ZIP center) · Grid FM19kj · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting K3KZA

3 applications listed K3KZA as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Sep 5, 2024	Sep 23, 2024	KC3ZRN · Mitch Kwiatkowski · Cranberry Township, PA	3	Granted
Apr 15, 2024	May 3, 2024	WB3KZA · WILLIAM L CAPLAN · STATE COLLEGE, PA	3	Granted
Mar 29, 2018	Apr 16, 2018	W0OPS · Tom S Kelchner · Mount Airy, MD	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K3KZA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K3KZA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.