N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 8:30 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 1, 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

KR4MB HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 19, 2016.

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 19, 2016

Previous holder: BILLIE R CARPENTER

Held KR4MB Oct 22, 2003 → Jan 18, 2014 · first licensed Oct 22, 2003 as KR4MB · 1 license · FRN 0009761586

KR4MB Expired Advanced Oct 22, 2003 → Jan 18, 2014 (expired)

Licensee
BILLIE R CARPENTER

Address
2610 SPENCER AVE
GASTONIA, NC 28052
35.2280, -81.2317 (ZIP center) · Grid EM95jf · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0009761586

Previous call
KA4UOI (General)

Last granted
Oct 22, 2003

Effective
Oct 22, 2003

Last action
Jan 19, 2016
FCC actions (3)
- Jan 19, 2016 — License expired LIEXP
- Oct 22, 2003 — License renewed LIREN
- Oct 22, 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 KR4MB
BILLIE R CARPENTER
2610 SPENCER AVE, GASTONIA, NC 28052
35.2280, -81.2317 (ZIP center) · Grid EM95jf · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting KR4MB

4 applications listed KR4MB as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Dec 29, 2025	Jan 16, 2026	KQ4ZYP · Michael D Buckaloo · Chester, SC	6	Granted
May 3, 2022	May 21, 2022	KO4WYX · Matthew R Barthel · Goldvein, VA	5	Dismissed
Apr 18, 2022	May 6, 2022	W1WAY · Michael Bruno · Fleming Island, FL	4	Granted
Sep 10, 2020	Sep 28, 2020	KE4LFV · Mark A Brown · Wedowee, AL	5	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for KR4MB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of KR4MB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.