N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 14, 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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)

KA4SWL HAM

⏳ Not available yet — opens for vanity requests Jul 24, 2027, two years after the license was canceled (Jul 23, 2025).

2x3 call: any licensee can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jun 13, 2011 as choice 1: granted.

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

Not currently held · 2 holders on record

Previous holder: STEPHEN W LEERMAKERS

Held KA4SWL Jul 1, 2011 → Jul 23, 2025 · first licensed Jul 31, 2008 as KJ4FPD · 2 licenses · FRN 0017998261

KA4SWL Canceled General · vanity Jul 1, 2011 → Jul 23, 2025 (canceled)

Licensee
STEPHEN W LEERMAKERS

Address
2643 SHINOOK DR
ORLANDO, FL 32837
28.3822, -81.4145 (ZIP center) · Grid EL98hj · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0017998261

Previous call
KJ4FPD (Technician)

Last granted
Jun 8, 2021

Effective
Jun 8, 2021

Last action
Dec 1, 2025
FCC actions (5)
- Dec 1, 2025 — Record corrected COR
- Dec 1, 2025 — Record corrected COR
- Jun 8, 2021 — License renewed LIREN
- Jul 1, 2011 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jul 1, 2011 — License issued LIISS
KJ4FPD Canceled General Jul 31, 2008 → Jul 1, 2011 (canceled)

Licensee
STEPHEN W LEERMAKERS

Address
2643 SHINOOK DR
ORLANDO, FL 32837
28.3822, -81.4145 (ZIP center) · Grid EL98hj · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0017998261

Last granted
Jul 31, 2008

Effective
Jun 3, 2011

Last action
Jul 1, 2011
FCC actions (4)
- Jul 1, 2011 — License canceled LICAN
- Jun 3, 2011 — License modified LIMOD
- Jul 31, 2008 — License issued LIISS
- Jul 31, 2008 — 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 27, 2010 → Oct 11, 2026 · 95 snapshots · as KJ4FPD
STEPHEN W LEERMAKERS
2643 SHINOOK DR, ORLANDO, FL 32837
28.3822, -81.4145 (ZIP center) · Grid EL98hj · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Previous holder: LOUIS W HANSEN

Held KA4SWL Feb 25, 1992 → Feb 25, 2002 · first licensed Feb 25, 1992 as KA4SWL · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1982 as KA4SWL, before the FCC's online records

KA4SWL Expired General Feb 25, 1992 → Feb 25, 2002 (expired)

Licensee
LOUIS W HANSEN

Address
4305 S PARK AVE
TACOMA, WA 98408
47.1974, -122.4465 (ZIP center) · Grid CN87se · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

Last granted
Feb 25, 1992

Effective
Feb 25, 1992

Last action
Feb 26, 2004
FCC actions (1)
- Feb 26, 2004 — 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 17, 2003 · 19 discs
KA4SWL · General · issued Feb 25, 1992, expires Feb 25, 2002
LOUIS W. HANSEN
4305 S PARK AVE, TACOMA, WA 98408

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 KA4SWL
LOUIS W HANSEN
4305 S PARK AVE, TACOMA, WA 98408
47.1974, -122.4465 (ZIP center) · Grid CN87se · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

KA4SWL 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.

1992 → 1993 · 2 editions
KA4SWL · class G
Louis W Hansen
317 Brittany Rd, Fort Ord, CA 93941
1992 p.652, 1993 p.712
1988 · 1 edition
KA4SWL · class G
Louis W Hansen
Pob 341, Apo Seattle, WA 98733
Winter 1988 p.581
None → 1982 · 2 editions
KA4SWL · class T
Louis W Hansen
6-D Kedenburg Ct, Fort Benning, GA 31905
None p.462, Winter 1982 p.524

Others Requesting KA4SWL

1 application listed KA4SWL as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	KA4SWL	Result
Jun 13, 2011	Jul 1, 2011	KJ4FPD · STEPHEN W LEERMAKERS · ORLANDO, FL	1	Granted	Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA4SWL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA4SWL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.