N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 8:30 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 1, 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

K8CTX HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 1, 2017.

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 Nov 1, 2017

Previous holder: Mick V Koch

Held K8CTX Oct 2, 2015 → Oct 31, 2015 · first licensed Aug 11, 2015 as KE8BWG · 4 licenses · FRN 0024817082

📦 Moved: Parma, OH → Athens, OH

KE8FDE Active General Oct 6, 2016 → expires Oct 31, 2035

Licensee
Mick V Koch

Address
45 N Shafer St Apt A1
Athens, OH 45701
39.3338, -82.1104 (street) · Grid EM89wi · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0024817082

Previous call
KE8TAC

Last granted
Aug 13, 2025

Effective
Aug 13, 2025

Last action
Aug 13, 2025
FCC actions (4)
- Aug 13, 2025 — License renewed LIREN
- Aug 13, 2024 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Oct 6, 2016 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT
- Oct 6, 2016 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: Athens, OH → Parma, OH

KE8TAC Canceled General · vanity Oct 31, 2015 → Oct 6, 2016 (canceled)

Licensee
Mick V Koch

Address
920 Dawnwood Dr
Parma, OH 44134
41.3834, -81.7026 (ZIP center) · Grid EN91dj · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0024817082

Previous call
K8CTX

Last granted
Oct 31, 2015

Effective
Oct 6, 2016

Last action
Oct 6, 2016
FCC actions (4)
- Oct 6, 2016 — License canceled LICAN
- Oct 6, 2016 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Oct 31, 2015 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Oct 31, 2015 — License issued LIISS
K8CTX Canceled General · vanity Oct 2, 2015 → Oct 31, 2015 (canceled)

Licensee
Mick V Koch

Address
45 N Shafer St Apt A1
Athens, OH 45701
39.3338, -82.1104 (street) · Grid EM89wi · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0024817082

Previous call
KE8BWG

Last granted
Oct 2, 2015

Effective
Oct 2, 2015

Last action
Oct 31, 2015
FCC actions (3)
- Oct 31, 2015 — License canceled LICAN
- Oct 2, 2015 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Oct 2, 2015 — License issued LIISS
KE8BWG Canceled General Aug 11, 2015 → Oct 2, 2015 (canceled)

Licensee
Mick V Koch

Address
45 N Shafer St Apt A1
Athens, OH 45701
39.3338, -82.1104 (street) · Grid EM89wi · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0024817082

Last granted
Aug 11, 2015

Effective
Aug 11, 2015

Last action
Oct 2, 2015
FCC actions (3)
- Oct 2, 2015 — License canceled LICAN
- Aug 11, 2015 — License issued LIISS
- Aug 11, 2015 — 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 Nov 4, 2016 → Sep 27, 2026 · 24 snapshots · as KE8TAC
Mick V Koch
920 Dawnwood Dr, Parma, OH 44134
41.3834, -81.7026 (ZIP center) · Grid EN91dj · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Sep 18, 2015 → Sep 27, 2026 · 91 snapshots · as KE8BWG
Mick V Koch
45 N Shafer St Apt A1, Athens, OH 45701
39.3338, -82.1104 (street) · Grid EM89wi · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting K8CTX

3 applications listed K8CTX as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Nov 3, 2023	Nov 21, 2023	KG5BHX · KENT B REEVES · HICO, TX	3	Granted
Oct 19, 2017	Nov 6, 2017	KN4GQJ · Charles E Thrift Sr · Jacksonville, FL	22	Granted
Sep 14, 2015	Oct 2, 2015	KE8BWG · Mick V Koch · Athens, OH	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K8CTX in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K8CTX beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.