N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 2, 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

KA8VKQ HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 8, 2002.

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 Apr 8, 2002

Previous holder: FRED D NICHOLS II

Held KA8VKQ May 3, 1995 → Apr 7, 2000 · first licensed May 3, 1995 as KA8VKQ · 2 licenses · FRN 0003244217

📦 Moved: Roanoke, VA → Fincastle, VA

K4WVA Active Amateur Extra · vanity Apr 7, 2000 → expires Jul 23, 2030

Licensee
FRED D NICHOLS II

Address
196 Frontier Way
Fincastle, VA 24090
37.4855, -79.8821 (street) · Grid FM07bl · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0003244217

Previous call
KA8VKQ (Technician Plus)

Last granted
Jul 23, 2020

Effective
Jul 23, 2020

Last action
Jul 23, 2020
FCC actions (4)
- Jul 23, 2020 — License renewed LIREN
- Mar 2, 2010 — License renewed LIREN
- May 31, 2000 — License modified LIMOD
- Apr 7, 2000 — License issued LIISS
KA8VKQ Canceled Technician Plus May 3, 1995 → Apr 7, 2000 (canceled)

Licensee
FRED D NICHOLS II

Address
5558 ROME DR
ROANOKE, VA 24019
37.3439, -79.9545 (ZIP center) · Grid FM07ai · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0003244217

Last granted
May 3, 1995

Effective
May 3, 1995

Last action
Apr 7, 2000
FCC actions (1)
- Apr 7, 2000 — License canceled LICAN

Address history

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

Seen Apr 16, 2022 → Sep 27, 2026 · 12 snapshots · as K4WVA
FRED D NICHOLS II
196 Frontier Way, Fincastle, VA 24090
37.4855, -79.8821 (street) · Grid FM07bl · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as KA8VKQ
FRED D NICHOLS II
5558 ROME DR, ROANOKE, VA 24019
37.3439, -79.9545 (ZIP center) · Grid FM07ai · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → May 6, 2019 · 34 snapshots · as K4WVA
FRED D NICHOLS II
6503 Scioto Chase Blvd, Powell, OH 43065
40.1776, -83.0942 (ZIP center) · Grid EN80ke · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KA8VKQ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KA8VKQ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.