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)

KA1EL HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Aug 4, 2025.
2x2 call: Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jun 22, 2026 as choice 2: not granted, that applicant got KD1EL instead.

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

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Aug 4, 2025

Previous holder: DONALD R FARRAR

Held KA1EL Aug 3, 1993 → Aug 3, 2023 · first licensed Aug 3, 1993 as KA1EL · 1 license · FRN 0009202359
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as KA1EL, 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.
KA1EL 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 KA1EL

1 application listed KA1EL as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #KA1ELResult
Jun 22, 2026 Jul 10, 2026 K1ZQC · JONATHAN L LE VEEN · New Harbor, ME 2Not granted They got KD1EL (choice 1)

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA1EL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA1EL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.