N9TPB
FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 16, 2026) · next update today 8:30 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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)KA4OVQ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 30, 2008.
2x3 call: any licensee 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 Nov 30, 2008
Previous holder: MAX W SMITH
Held KA4OVQ Feb 17, 1987 → Nov 29, 2006
· first licensed Feb 17, 1987 as KA4OVQ
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1981 as KA4OVQ, before the FCC's online records
-
- Licensee
- MAX W SMITH
- Address
- 2848 CREEKVIEW DR
NASHVILLE, TN 37217
- Last granted
- Nov 29, 1996
- Effective
- Nov 29, 1996
- Last action
- Dec 2, 2008
FCC actions (1)
- Dec 2, 2008 — 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 Apr 4, 1997 → Apr 17, 2003 · 12 discs
KA4OVQ · Novice · issued Nov 29, 1996, expires Nov 29, 2006
MAX W. SMITH
2848 CREEKVIEW DR, NASHVILLE, TN 37217 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs
KA4OVQ · Novice · issued Feb 17, 1987, expires Feb 17, 1997
MAX W SMITH
2848 CREEKVIEW DR, NASHVILLE, TN 37217
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
- Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as KA4OVQ
MAX W SMITH
2848 CREEKVIEW DR, NASHVILLE, TN 37217
KA4OVQ 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.
- 1989 → 1991 · 2 editions
KA4OVQ · class N
Max W Smith
2848 Creekview Dr, Nashville, TN 37217
Winter 1989 p.558, Winter 1991 p.596 - 1985 → 1988 · 2 editions
KA4OVQ · class N
Max W Smith
2b4b Creekview Dr, Nashville, TN 37117
Winter 1985 p.541, Winter 1988 p.551 - None → 1983 · 4 editions
KA4OVQ · class N
Max W Smith
2848 Creekview Dr, Nashville
None p.438, 1981 p.420, Winter 1982 p.499, Winter 1983 p.512
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA4OVQ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA4OVQ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.