🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 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
KE8ARF HAM
✅
Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 29, 2018.
2x3 call: any licensee can request it.
No pending applications list it.
📬 QSL:
LoTW user · last upload Jul 9, 2016
· not eQSL AG
· QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Jun 29, 2018
Previous holder: Stephen Penix
Held KE8ARF Mar 23, 2015 → Jun 28, 2016
· first licensed Mar 23, 2015 as KE8ARF
· 3 licenses · FRN 0024447922
K8AS
Active
Amateur Extra · vanity
Feb 23, 2024 → expires Feb 23, 2034
Licensee Stephen Penix
Address 1729 Kingston Ave Kalamazoo, MI 49001
42.2573, -85.5591 (street) · Grid
EN72fg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
FRN 0024447922
Previous call AB8SP (General)
Last granted Feb 23, 2024
Effective Feb 23, 2024
Last action Feb 23, 2024
FCC actions (2)
Feb 23, 2024 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Feb 23, 2024 — License issued LIISS
AB8SP
Canceled
Amateur Extra · vanity
Jun 28, 2016 → Feb 23, 2024 (canceled)
Licensee Stephen Penix
Address 1729 Kingston Ave Kalamazoo, MI 49001
42.2573, -85.5591 (street) · Grid
EN72fg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
FRN 0024447922
Previous call KE8ARF (General)
Last granted Jun 28, 2016
Effective Jun 28, 2016
Last action Feb 23, 2024
FCC actions (3)
Feb 23, 2024 — License canceled LICAN Jun 28, 2016 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Jun 28, 2016 — License issued LIISS
KE8ARF
Canceled
Amateur Extra
Mar 23, 2015 → Jun 28, 2016 (canceled)
Licensee Stephen Penix
Address 1729 Kingston Ave Kalamazoo, MI 49001
42.2573, -85.5591 (street) · Grid
EN72fg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
FRN 0024447922
Last granted Mar 23, 2015
Effective Mar 30, 2016
Last action Jun 28, 2016
FCC actions (6)
Jun 28, 2016 — License canceled LICAN Mar 30, 2016 — License modified LIMOD Aug 6, 2015 — Administrative update LIAUA Aug 3, 2015 — License modified LIMOD Mar 23, 2015 — License issued LIISS Mar 23, 2015 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen May 19, 2015 → Oct 4, 2026 · 72 snapshots · as KE8ARF
Stephen Penix
1729 Kingston Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49001
42.2573, -85.5591 (street) · Grid
EN72fg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
Others requesting KE8ARF
1 application listed KE8ARF as a choice, newest first.
Filed Award Applicant Choice # Status
Apr 30, 2021
May 18, 2021
KE8QMG · Alex Cantu · Athens, OH
2 Granted
📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KE8ARF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KE8ARF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.
Data: FCC Universal Licensing System (amateur & GMRS), NetLogger and more · site status
n9tpb.com · 73 de N9TPB