N9TPB
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HAMs within 5 miles of N9TPB · Extra class operators in Madison, WI · or try N9TPB · K9* wildcards · Smith, John · 0004797601 (FRN) · 53703 · Madison, WIKB3AIS HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 7, 2001.
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 Nov 7, 2001
Previous holder: JAMES A LEAR
Held KB3AIS Jun 10, 1996 → Nov 6, 1999 · first licensed Jun 10, 1996 as KB3AIS · 3 licenses · FRN 0003368545
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📦 Moved: Coulee City, WA → Decatur, IL
- Licensee
- JAMES A LEAR
- Address
- Attn: James A. Lear
3074 Southern Hills Drive
Decatur, IL 62526
- FRN
- 0003368545
- Previous call
- W3TKQ
- Last granted
- Jun 8, 2016
- Effective
- Jun 8, 2016
- Last action
- May 20, 2025
FCC actions (4)
- Jun 8, 2016 — License renewed LIREN
- Jul 25, 2014 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Aug 12, 2006 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Aug 12, 2006 — License issued LIISS
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📦 Moved: Havertown, PA → Coulee City, WA
- Licensee
- JAMES A LEAR
- Address
- Attn: James A. Lear
P.O. Box 542
Coulee City, WA 99115
- FRN
- 0003368545
- Previous call
- KB3AIS
- Last granted
- Nov 6, 1999
- Effective
- Jul 26, 2006
- Last action
- Nov 22, 2006
FCC actions (4)
- Aug 12, 2006 — License canceled LICAN
- Jul 26, 2006 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Aug 5, 2004 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Nov 6, 1999 — License issued LIISS
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- Licensee
- JAMES A LEAR
- Address
- 300 KATHMERE RD
HAVERTOWN, PA 19083
- FRN
- 0003368545
- Last granted
- Jun 10, 1996
- Effective
- Jun 10, 1996
- Last action
- Nov 6, 1999
FCC actions (1)
- Nov 6, 1999 — License canceled LICAN
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
- Seen Mar 28, 2015 → Sep 27, 2026 · 35 snapshots · as N7QL
JAMES A LEAR
Attn: James A. Lear
3074 Southern Hills Drive, Decatur, IL 62526 - Seen May 27, 2010 → Sep 27, 2026 · 57 snapshots · as W3TKQ
JAMES A LEAR
Attn: James A. Lear
P.O. Box 542, Coulee City, WA 99115 - Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as KB3AIS
JAMES A LEAR
300 KATHMERE RD, HAVERTOWN, PA 19083 - Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as W3TKQ
JAMES A LEAR
Attn: James A. Lear
930 Marie Rochelle Dr., West Chester, PA 19382
Others requesting KB3AIS
1 application listed KB3AIS as a choice, newest first.
| Filed | Award | Applicant | Choice # | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 1999 | Dec 17, 1999 | N3ZSE · ANTHONY J ZAGAME · FOLCROFT, PA | 18 | Dismissed |
📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KB3AIS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KB3AIS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.