N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 6, 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

KA8RAF HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 23, 1999.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Apr 6, 2021 as choice 4: not granted, that applicant got WW8RAF instead.

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

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Dec 23, 1999

Previous holder: DOUGLAS A MACKENZIE

Held KA8RAF Dec 22, 1987 → Dec 22, 1997 · first licensed Dec 22, 1987 as KA8RAF · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 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.

Others Requesting KA8RAF

1 application listed KA8RAF as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #KA8RAFResult
Apr 6, 2021 Apr 24, 2021 KE8RKX · Rainie A Frame · WARREN, OH 4Not granted They got WW8RAF (choice 1)

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA8RAF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA8RAF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.