N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 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

K8APB HAM 📻 GMRS

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Also a GMRS licensee
WRVB896
Active until Nov 1, 2032 · same FCC Registration Number (FRN) · GMRS covers the licensee's immediate family
Technician class licensed since 2022 (4 yrs) K8APB since 2022 · previously KE8UEN Iron River, MI grid EN56qc GMRS WRVB896 21 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Apr 22, 2032. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Apr 23, 2034.

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

📝 K8APB has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Apr 4, 2022 · what was requested

Currently held by Brian K Rippey · 2 holders on record

Current holder: Brian K Rippey

Held K8APB Apr 22, 2022 → present · first licensed Mar 14, 2022 as KE8UEN · 2 licenses · FRN 0032038457

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

Previous holder: LYNN D MC LANE

Held K8APB Mar 7, 1989 → Mar 7, 1999 · first licensed Mar 7, 1989 as K8APB · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

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

Vanity applications filed by K8APB

Calls this licensee has asked the FCC for, newest first, in their order of preference. The FCC processes applications 18 days after filing; "likely award" is our estimate from every pending application in filing order.

Filed · AwardApplicantRequested (in order)Status
Filed Apr 4, 2022
Granted Apr 22, 2022
0009971740
 KE8UEN · Brian K Rippey · Technician
308 ROGERS AVE, Iron River, MI 49935
46.1026, -88.5885 (street) · Grid EN56qc · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.K8APB ✓ granted
2.K8AGO available
3.K8ATN available
4.K8AXE held
 Granted
got K8APB

Others requesting K8APB

1 application listed K8APB as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #Status
Apr 4, 2022 Apr 22, 2022 KE8UEN · Brian K Rippey · Iron River, MI 1Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K8APB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K8APB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 miles

21 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, closest first · sort: closest · most active · map these & export for a radio →

● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · ● unknown · ◉ this license · ring = 50 miles · click a dot for the repeater's page
● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · no dot = unknown (hover a dot for the evidence)
MilesCallNameOutputOffsetToneModeNetworksActivityLocation
2.8 W8YNY Gaastra
W8YNY AllStar
 145.1700 -0.6 DG-ID 00-00 Fusion (C4FM) WIRES-X 55384 AllStar 640991 — Gaastra, MI
6.5 N8LVQ Iron River Ski
N8LVQ AllStar
 444.1750 +5 TONE 107.2 FM (analog) AllStar 640990 — Iron River, MI
6.5 N8LVQ Iron River Ski
N8LVQ EchoLink
 145.1700 -0.6 TSQL 107.2 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) EchoLink 90611 WIRES-X 65384 — Iron River, MI
12.0 N8LVQ Cryst Courthouse
N8LVQ WIRES-X
 145.2300 -0.6 TSQL 107.2 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) WIRES-X 90654 — Crystal Falls, MI
12.8 KD9LUJ Crystal Falls
KD9LUJ BM
 434.3500 +5 CC9 DMR BrandMeister 310386 — Crystal Falls, MI
30.7 KC8VC Kingsford Iron
KC8VC
 146.8500 -0.6 TSQL 110.9 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Kingsford, MI
30.7 KC8VC Iron Mountain
KC8VC
 444.8500 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Iron Mountain, MI
31.6 W9VRC Land O Lakes Wtr
W9VRC
 145.3900 -0.6 TSQL 114.8 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Land O Lakes, WI
34.0 W9VRC Eagle River Mem
W9VRC EchoLink
 145.1500 -0.6 TSQL 114.8 FM (analog) (C4FM,FM) EchoLink 691369 — Eagle River, WI
35.1 KD9PT Eagle River
KD9PT
 145.4500 -0.6 TONE 114.8 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Eagle River, WI
35.4 W9MB Niagara
W9MB
 223.8200 -1.6 TSQL 114.8 FM (analog) — Niagara, WI
36.0 NZ8U Republic
NZ8U
 147.0900 +0.6 none FM (analog) — Republic, MI
39.1 K8LOD Republic
K8LOD AllStar
 146.8200 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 48579 EchoLink 420942 — Republic, MI
40.0 KE8CPN L'Anse
KE8CPN
 147.3750 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — L'Anse, MI
46.4 KD9JHE Sayner
KD9JHE
 444.4000 +5 none D-STAR — Sayner, WI
49.0 KB9VMC Sayner
KB9VMC WIN
 147.3600 +0.6 none D-STAR WIN — Sayner, WI
49.0 KD9JHE Sayner
KD9JHE
 147.3600 +0.6 none D-STAR — Sayner, WI
49.0 WI9WIN Sayner AirComn
WI9WIN
 444.4000 +5 TSQL 114.8 FM (analog) — Sayner, WI
49.1 WE9COM Sayner
WE9COM
 145.1300 -0.6 TSQL 114.8 FM (analog) — Sayner, WI
49.3 KC9HBX Rhinelander LEC
KC9HBX EchoLink
 146.9400 -0.6 TSQL 114.8 FM (analog) EchoLink 452874 — Rhinelander, WI
32.7 N7SWX offline Iron M Millie Hl
N7SWX WIRES-X
 147.2850 +0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) WIRES-X 33879 — Iron Mountain, MI