N9TPB FCC License Search

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

KB9KB HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Dec 24, 2005.

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 Dec 24, 2005

Previous holder: DONALD R HERSHBERGER

Held KB9KB Apr 12, 1999 → Dec 23, 2003 · first licensed Apr 12, 1999 as KB9KB · 2 licenses · FRN 0008349300

W9ITB Expired Amateur Extra · vanity Dec 23, 2003 → Mar 5, 2024 (expired)

Licensee
DONALD R HERSHBERGER

Address
6140 BUTTONWOOD DR
NOBLESVILLE, IN 46062-9136
40.0613, -86.0559 (ZIP center) · Grid EN60xb · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0008349300

Previous call
KB9KB

Last granted
Sep 25, 2013

Effective
Sep 25, 2013

Last action
Mar 6, 2026
FCC actions (7)
- Mar 6, 2026 — License expired LIEXP
- Jan 3, 2014 — Authorization printed AUTHPR
- Jan 2, 2014 — FCC action RCDUP
- Sep 25, 2013 — License renewed LIREN
- Aug 3, 2004 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Dec 23, 2003 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Dec 23, 2003 — License issued LIISS
KB9KB Canceled Amateur Extra Apr 12, 1999 → Dec 23, 2003 (canceled)

Licensee
DONALD R HERSHBERGER

Address
6140 BUTTONWOOD DR
NOBLESVILLE, IN 46060
40.0626, -85.9332 (ZIP center) · Grid EN70ab · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0008349300

Last granted
Apr 12, 1999

Effective
Jan 29, 2003

Last action
Dec 23, 2003
FCC actions (3)
- Dec 23, 2003 — License canceled LICAN
- Jan 29, 2003 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jan 29, 2003 — FCC action LITIN

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 KB9KB
DONALD R HERSHBERGER
6140 BUTTONWOOD DR, NOBLESVILLE, IN 46060
40.0626, -85.9332 (ZIP center) · Grid EN70ab · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as W9ITB
DONALD R HERSHBERGER
6140 BUTTONWOOD DR, NOBLESVILLE, IN 46062-9136
40.0613, -86.0559 (ZIP center) · Grid EN60xb · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting KB9KB

5 applications listed KB9KB as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jun 11, 2025	Jun 29, 2025	KJ6LKO · Mykhaylo Golovnya · La Mesa, CA	7	Granted
Mar 3, 2023	Mar 21, 2023	AJ6ZU · Doron D Hirshberg · IRVINE, CA	16	Granted
Apr 18, 2022	May 6, 2022	KO4KIA · Kristi K Bothur · Columbia, SC	4	Granted
Nov 25, 2016	Dec 13, 2016	KD9HEJ · Chris L Owen · Chandler, IN	5	Granted
May 21, 2007	Jun 8, 2007	W0BJF · BARRY J FAIRFAX · Carmel, IN	2	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KB9KB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KB9KB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.