N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update today 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

K9GRU HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 27, 2003.

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 Feb 27, 2003

Previous holder: IVAN H DOTSON

Held K9GRU Sep 30, 1996 → Feb 26, 2001 · first licensed Sep 30, 1996 as K9GRU · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

K9GRU Canceled General Sep 30, 1996 → Feb 26, 2001 (canceled)

Licensee
IVAN H DOTSON

Address
3105 N ELM ST
MUNCIE, IN 47303
40.2716, -85.3778 (ZIP center) · Grid EN70hg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Sep 30, 1996

Effective
Sep 30, 1996

Last action
Mar 9, 2001
FCC actions (2)
- Mar 9, 2001 — Record corrected COR
- Mar 9, 2001 — Record corrected COR

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 K9GRU
IVAN H DOTSON
3105 N ELM ST, MUNCIE, IN 47303
40.2716, -85.3778 (ZIP center) · Grid EN70hg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting K9GRU

1 application listed K9GRU as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jan 12, 2026	Jan 30, 2026	KE9ENC · Thomas Wise · Amery, WI	2	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K9GRU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K9GRU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.