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

KB8AF HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 22, 2024.

2x2 call: Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees 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 Jan 22, 2024

Previous holder: ROBERT L RICKETTS

Held KB8AF Dec 13, 2001 → Jan 21, 2022 · first licensed Dec 13, 2001 as KB8AF · 1 license · FRN 0004823381

KB8AF Expired Advanced Dec 13, 2001 → Jan 21, 2022 (expired)

Licensee
ROBERT L RICKETTS

Address
1576 ISLAND LAKE RD NW
KALKASKA, MI 49646
44.7200, -85.0365 (ZIP center) · Grid EN74lr · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0004823381

Last granted
Dec 30, 2011

Effective
Dec 30, 2011

Last action
Jan 23, 2024
FCC actions (3)
- Jan 23, 2024 — License expired LIEXP
- Dec 30, 2011 — License renewed LIREN
- Dec 13, 2001 — License renewed LIREN

Address history

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

Seen May 28, 2012 → Sep 27, 2026 · 43 snapshots · as KB8AF
ROBERT L RICKETTS
1576 ISLAND LAKE RD NW, KALKASKA, MI 49646
44.7200, -85.0365 (ZIP center) · Grid EN74lr · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Nov 10, 2011 · 4 snapshots · as KB8AF
ROBERT L RICKETTS
3743 HILL RD NW, RAPID CITY, MI 49676
44.8434, -85.2944 (ZIP center) · Grid EN74iu · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting KB8AF

2 applications listed KB8AF as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Feb 12, 2024	Mar 1, 2024	KE8ZSE · Donald K Clark Jr · Pickerington, OH	14	Granted
Dec 18, 2015	Jan 5, 2016	KG0ZN · THOMAS J ANGELLOTTI · GROSSE POINTE FARMS, MI	5	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KB8AF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KB8AF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.