N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 9:42 am CDT (FCC files through Sep 30, 2026) · next update today 7:15 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

KA8SMX HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 5, 2001.

2x3 call: any licensee can request it. No pending applications list it.

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Apr 5, 2001

Previous holder: JOHN W SHELL

Held KA8SMX Apr 4, 1989 → Apr 4, 1999 · first licensed Apr 4, 1989 as KA8SMX · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

KA8SMX Expired Technician Plus Apr 4, 1989 → Apr 4, 1999 (expired)

Licensee
JOHN W SHELL

Address
22260 TWYCKINGHAM WAY
SOUTHFIELD, MI 48034
42.4969, -83.2910 (ZIP center) · Grid EN82il · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Apr 4, 1989

Effective
Apr 4, 1989

Last action
Apr 5, 2001
FCC actions (1)
- Apr 5, 2001 — License expired LIEXP

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as KA8SMX
JOHN W SHELL
22260 TWYCKINGHAM WAY, SOUTHFIELD, MI 48034
42.4969, -83.2910 (ZIP center) · Grid EN82il · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting KA8SMX

1 application listed KA8SMX as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jun 25, 2020	Jul 13, 2020	KO4ERO · Santiago Mejia · HIALEAH, FL	4	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA8SMX in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA8SMX beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.