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

KE8BBA HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 6, 2019.

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 May 6, 2019

Previous holder: Michael R Smith

Held KE8BBA Apr 28, 2015 → May 5, 2017 · first licensed Apr 28, 2015 as KE8BBA · 2 licenses · FRN 0024556318

N8MRS Active General · vanity May 5, 2017 → expires May 5, 2027

Licensee
Michael R Smith

Address
Attn: Michael R Smith
PO Box 45212
1921 Maple Ave APT 13
Cincinnati, OH 45212
39.1635, -84.4630 (street) · Grid EM79sd · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0024556318

Previous call
KE8BBA (Technician)

Last granted
May 5, 2017

Effective
Apr 18, 2026

Last action
Apr 18, 2026
FCC actions (8)
- Apr 18, 2026 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Feb 10, 2026 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Feb 4, 2020 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Nov 10, 2018 — Administrative update LIAUA
- May 6, 2017 — Administrative update LIAUA
- May 6, 2017 — Administrative update LIAUA
- May 5, 2017 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- May 5, 2017 — License issued LIISS
KE8BBA Canceled General Apr 28, 2015 → May 5, 2017 (canceled)

Licensee
Michael R Smith

Address
2433 Robertson Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45212
39.1640, -84.4518 (ZIP center) · Grid EM79sd · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0024556318

Last granted
Apr 28, 2015

Effective
Apr 14, 2017

Last action
May 5, 2017
FCC actions (5)
- May 5, 2017 — License canceled LICAN
- Apr 14, 2017 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Nov 25, 2015 — License modified LIMOD
- Apr 28, 2015 — License issued LIISS
- Apr 28, 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 Sep 27, 2026 · 1 snapshot · as N8MRS
Michael R Smith
Attn: Michael R Smith
PO Box 45212
1921 Maple Ave APT 13, Cincinnati, OH 45212
39.1635, -84.4630 (street) · Grid EM79sd · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 19, 2015 → Sep 27, 2026 · 42 snapshots · as KE8BBA
Michael R Smith
2433 Robertson Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45212
39.1640, -84.4518 (ZIP center) · Grid EM79sd · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Apr 16, 2022 → Sep 25, 2025 · 11 snapshots · as N8MRS
Michael R Smith
2433 Robertson Ave, Norwood, OH 45212
39.1640, -84.4518 (ZIP center) · Grid EM79sd · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting KE8BBA

1 application listed KE8BBA as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jun 29, 2018	Jul 17, 2018	KN4NJS · Bonnie L Arnold · New Bern, NC	4	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KE8BBA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KE8BBA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.