N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update tomorrow 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

KA8EMS HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 8, 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 Oct 8, 2008

Previous holder: John W Le Favour

Held KA8EMS Jan 22, 1997 → Oct 7, 2006 · first licensed Jan 22, 1997 as KA8EMS · 2 licenses · FRN 0010260065

📦 Moved: Portsmouth, RI → Oxford, FL

W1JWL Active General · vanity Oct 7, 2006 → expires Oct 7, 2036

Licensee
John W Le Favour

Address
10745 Northeast 104th Circle
Oxford, FL 34484
28.9106, -82.0679 (street) · Grid EL88xv · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0010260065

Previous call
KA8EMS (Technician Plus)

Last granted
Aug 1, 2026

Effective
Aug 1, 2026

Last action
Aug 1, 2026
FCC actions (9)
- Aug 1, 2026 — License renewed LIREN
- Feb 1, 2022 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jul 14, 2016 — License renewed LIREN
- Oct 14, 2015 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Sep 9, 2014 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Feb 26, 2013 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Sep 27, 2011 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Oct 7, 2006 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Oct 7, 2006 — License issued LIISS
KA8EMS Canceled General Jan 22, 1997 → Oct 7, 2006 (canceled)

Licensee
John W Le Favour

Address
135 Spring Hill Road
Portsmouth, RI 02871
41.5866, -71.2592 (ZIP center) · Grid FN41io · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0010260065

Last granted
Jan 22, 1997

Effective
Sep 20, 2006

Last action
Oct 7, 2006
FCC actions (4)
- Oct 7, 2006 — License canceled LICAN
- Sep 20, 2006 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jan 23, 2004 — License modified LIMOD
- Jan 23, 2004 — FCC action LITIN

Address history

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

Seen Apr 16, 2022 → Oct 4, 2026 · 13 snapshots · as W1JWL
John W Le Favour
10745 Northeast 104th Circle, Oxford, FL 34484
28.9106, -82.0679 (street) · Grid EL88xv · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as KA8EMS
John W Le Favour
135 Spring Hill Road, Portsmouth, RI 02871
41.5866, -71.2592 (ZIP center) · Grid FN41io · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 4, 2016 → May 6, 2019 · 12 snapshots · as W1JWL
John W Le Favour
10333 Zion Drive, Fairfax, VA 22032
38.8177, -77.2902 (ZIP center) · Grid FM18it · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Mar 28, 2015 → Jun 30, 2016 · 11 snapshots · as W1JWL
John W Le Favour
4925 Mustin Road, Jacksonville, FL 32212
30.2234, -81.6730 (ZIP center) · Grid EM90df · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Apr 6, 2013 → May 22, 2014 · 5 snapshots · as W1JWL
John W Le Favour
464 Shepherd Circle, Oceanside, CA 92058
33.2640, -117.3448 (ZIP center) · Grid DM13hg · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Oct 17, 2011 → Feb 18, 2013 · 5 snapshots · as W1JWL
John W Le Favour
13720 Camino Del Suelo, San Deigo, CA 92129
32.9635, -117.1262 (ZIP center) · Grid DM12kx · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as KA8EMS
John W Le Favour
21288 Marsh Creek Dr, Ashburn, VA 20148
38.9939, -77.5322 (ZIP center) · Grid FM18fx · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting KA8EMS

1 application listed KA8EMS as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
May 1, 2002	May 19, 2002	KD6MQE · ROBERT K JOHNSON · Huntington Beach, CA	5	Dismissed

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA8EMS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA8EMS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.