N9TPB
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🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT
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HAMs within 5 miles of N9TPB · Extra class operators in Madison, WI · or try N9TPB · K9* wildcards · Smith, John · 0004797601 (FRN) · 53703 · Madison, WIK9GRA HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 14, 2010.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
1 pending application already lists it (first filed Sep 28, 2026) — see requests.
📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Aug 14, 2010
Previous holder: GERALD R ACHTENBERG
Held K9GRA Apr 1, 1999 → Aug 13, 2008 · first licensed Apr 1, 1999 as K9GRA · 1 license · FRN 0002918852
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- Licensee
- GERALD R ACHTENBERG
- Address
- 12332 SOUTH 71ST AVE
PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463
- FRN
- 0002918852
- Last granted
- Apr 1, 1999
- Effective
- Jun 1, 2000
- Last action
- Aug 14, 2010
FCC actions (2)
- Aug 14, 2010 — License expired LIEXP
- Jun 1, 2000 — License modified LIMOD
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
- Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as K9GRA
GERALD R ACHTENBERG
12332 SOUTH 71ST AVE, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463
Others requesting K9GRA
3 applications listed K9GRA as a choice, newest first.
| Filed | Award | Applicant | Choice # | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 (on or after) | KM7HUZ · Gregor Rakitnik · Garden City, ID | 11 | Pending |
| Dec 29, 2023 | Jan 16, 2024 | KJ5DKM · Gregory Altimas · Spring, TX | 6 | Granted |
| Nov 2, 2020 | Nov 20, 2020 | KJ7RWH · Graham Alston · Portland, OR | 10 | Granted |
📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K9GRA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K9GRA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.