N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 3, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CST

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)

KA1VBG HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 26, 2019.

2x3 call: any licensee can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Mar 9, 2017 as choice 1: granted.

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

Not currently held · 2 holders on record · available since Apr 26, 2019

Previous holder: VINCENT B GREFF

Held KA1VBG Mar 28, 2017 → Apr 25, 2017 · first licensed Oct 13, 2015 as KD9ETJ · 3 licenses · FRN 0024964652

📦 Moved: Chicago, IL → Miami Beach, FL

K1VBG Active Technician · vanity Apr 25, 2017 → expires Apr 25, 2027

Licensee
VINCENT B GREFF

Address
2555 COLLINS AVE APT 1905
MIAMI BEACH, FL 33140-4777
25.8019, -80.1261 (street) · Grid EL95wt · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0024964652

Previous call
KA1VBG

Last granted
Apr 25, 2017

Effective
May 13, 2025

Last action
May 13, 2025
FCC actions (3)
- May 13, 2025 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Apr 25, 2017 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Apr 25, 2017 — License issued LIISS
KA1VBG Canceled Technician · vanity Mar 28, 2017 → Apr 25, 2017 (canceled)

Licensee
VINCENT B GREFF

Address
505 N LAKE SHORE DRIVE 5405
CHICAGO, IL 60611
41.8947, -87.6151 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61ev · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0024964652

Previous call
KD9ETJ

Last granted
Mar 28, 2017

Effective
Mar 28, 2017

Last action
Apr 25, 2017
FCC actions (3)
- Apr 25, 2017 — License canceled LICAN
- Mar 28, 2017 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Mar 28, 2017 — License issued LIISS
KD9ETJ Canceled Technician Oct 13, 2015 → Mar 28, 2017 (canceled)

Licensee
VINCENT B GREFF

Address
505 N LAKE SHORE DRIVE 5405
CHICAGO, IL 60611
41.8947, -87.6151 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61ev · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0024964652

Last granted
Oct 13, 2015

Effective
Oct 13, 2015

Last action
Mar 28, 2017
FCC actions (3)
- Mar 28, 2017 — License canceled LICAN
- Oct 13, 2015 — License issued LIISS
- Oct 13, 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 May 29, 2025 → Nov 1, 2026 · 8 snapshots · as K1VBG
VINCENT B GREFF
2555 COLLINS AVE APT 1905, MIAMI BEACH, FL 33140-4777
25.8019, -80.1261 (street) · Grid EL95wt · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 16, 2015 → Nov 1, 2026 · 60 snapshots · as KD9ETJ
VINCENT B GREFF
505 N LAKE SHORE DRIVE 5405, CHICAGO, IL 60611
41.8947, -87.6151 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61ev · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 12, 2017 → Apr 25, 2025 · 17 snapshots · as K1VBG
VINCENT B GREFF
505 N LAKE SHORE DRIVE APT5405, CHICAGO, IL 60611
41.8947, -87.6151 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61ev · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Previous holder: PAUL E RAPP III

Held KA1VBG Jan 23, 1990 → Jan 23, 2000 · first licensed Jan 23, 1990 as KA1VBG · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

KA1VBG Expired Novice Jan 23, 1990 → Jan 23, 2000 (expired)

Licensee
PAUL E RAPP III

Address
5 GALE CT
BETHEL, CT 06801
41.3698, -73.3895 (ZIP center) · Grid FN31hi · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Jan 23, 1990

Effective
Jan 23, 1990

Last action
Mar 7, 2002
FCC actions (1)
- Mar 7, 2002 — License expired LIEXP

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.

Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 7, 1999 · 11 discs
KA1VBG · Novice · issued Jan 23, 1990, expires Jan 23, 2000
PAUL E RAPP III
5 GALE CT, BETHEL, CT 06801

Address history

From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Nov 1, 2026 · 52 snapshots · as KA1VBG
PAUL E RAPP III
5 GALE CT, BETHEL, CT 06801
41.3698, -73.3895 (ZIP center) · Grid FN31hi · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

KA1VBG 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.

1997 · 1 edition
KA1VBG
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1997 p.258
1994 · 1 edition
KA1VBG · class N
Paul Ettapp Iii
5 Gale Ct, Bethel, CT 06801
1994 p.227
1993 · 1 edition
KA1VBG
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5 Gale Ct, Bethel
Winter 1993 p.216
1991 · 1 edition
KA1VBG · class N · later N7PMS
Paul E Rapp 111
5 Gale Ct, Bethel, CT 06801
Winter 1991 p.197

Others Requesting KA1VBG

1 application listed KA1VBG as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	KA1VBG	Result
Mar 9, 2017	Mar 27, 2017	KD9ETJ · VINCENT B GREFF · CHICAGO, IL	1	Granted	Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA1VBG in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA1VBG beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.