N9TPB FCC License Search
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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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)

K9TFK HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 14, 2015.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Nov 25, 2003 as choice 1: granted.

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

Not currently held · 2 holders on record · available since Dec 14, 2015

Previous holder: Nathan E Lenz

Held K9TFK May 18, 1984 → Dec 13, 2013 · first licensed May 18, 1984 as K9TFK · 2 licenses · FRN 0009821307
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1967 as K9TFK, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Previous holder: JAMES P LENZ

Held K9TFK May 18, 1984 → Apr 8, 1995 · first licensed May 18, 1984 as K9TFK · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1967 as K9TFK, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
K9TFK in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.

Others Requesting K9TFK

1 application listed K9TFK as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #K9TFKResult
Nov 25, 2003 Dec 13, 2003 KC9EXV · Nathan E Lenz · Oregon, WI 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for K9TFK in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of K9TFK beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.