N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 8:30 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 1, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 am CDT

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KI4RDB HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 4, 2008.

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 Oct 4, 2008

Previous holder: Matthew D Babcock

Held KI4RDB Sep 11, 2006 → Oct 3, 2006 · first licensed Sep 11, 2006 as KI4RDB · 2 licenses · FRN 0015454226

📦 Moved: Manassas, VA → Raleigh, NC

W4ETE Active Technician · vanity Oct 3, 2006 → expires Aug 1, 2027

Licensee
Matthew D Babcock

Address
220 Snow Ave, Apt 201
Raleigh, NC 27603
35.7792, -78.6522 (street) · Grid FM05qs · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0015454226

Previous call
KI4RDB

Last granted
Aug 1, 2017

Effective
Aug 1, 2017

Last action
May 20, 2025
FCC actions (4)
- Aug 1, 2017 — License renewed LIREN
- Dec 4, 2007 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Oct 3, 2006 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Oct 3, 2006 — License issued LIISS
KI4RDB Canceled Technician Sep 11, 2006 → Oct 3, 2006 (canceled)

Licensee
Matthew D Babcock

Address
PO Box 2304
Manassas, VA 20108

FRN
0015454226

Last granted
Sep 11, 2006

Effective
Sep 11, 2006

Last action
Oct 3, 2006
FCC actions (3)
- Oct 3, 2006 — License canceled LICAN
- Sep 11, 2006 — License issued LIISS
- Sep 11, 2006 — 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 5, 2017 → Sep 27, 2026 · 19 snapshots · as W4ETE
Matthew D Babcock
220 Snow Ave, Apt 201, Raleigh, NC 27603
35.7792, -78.6522 (street) · Grid FM05qs · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Sep 27, 2026 · 46 snapshots · as KI4RDB
Matthew D Babcock
PO Box 2304
Manassas, VA 20108
Seen May 27, 2010 → May 12, 2017 · 27 snapshots · as W4ETE
Matthew D Babcock
8101 Oak St, Manassas, VA 20111
38.7490, -77.4279 (ZIP center) · Grid FM18gr · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting KI4RDB

1 application listed KI4RDB as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Mar 7, 2011	Mar 25, 2011	N1MXL · ROBERT D BERGERON · Conway, SC	4	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KI4RDB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KI4RDB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.