🕒 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
N3NIU HAM
✅
Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 20, 2016.
1x3 call: Technician, General, 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 Feb 20, 2016
Previous holder: REUBEN B HORNBUCKLE JR
Held N3NIU Mar 2, 2005 → Feb 19, 2014
· first licensed Mar 2, 2005 as N3NIU
· 2 licenses · FRN 0012911020
W4ZOW
Expired
General · vanity
Feb 19, 2014 → Mar 5, 2024 (expired)
Licensee REUBEN B HORNBUCKLE JR
Address 707 S ELAM AVE GREENSBORO, NC 27403
36.0641, -79.8254 (ZIP center) · Grid
FM06cb · CQ 5 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
FRN 0012911020
Previous call N3NIU (Technician)
Last granted Feb 19, 2014
Effective Feb 19, 2014
Last action Mar 6, 2026
FCC actions (3)
Mar 6, 2026 — License expired LIEXP Feb 19, 2014 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT Feb 19, 2014 — License issued LIISS
N3NIU
Canceled
General
Mar 2, 2005 → Feb 19, 2014 (canceled)
Licensee REUBEN B HORNBUCKLE JR
Address 707 S ELAM AVE GREENSBORO, NC 27403
36.0641, -79.8254 (ZIP center) · Grid
FM06cb · CQ 5 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
FRN 0012911020
Last granted Mar 2, 2005
Effective Jan 15, 2014
Last action Feb 19, 2014
FCC actions (4)
Feb 19, 2014 — License canceled LICAN Jan 15, 2014 — Administrative update LIAUA Mar 2, 2005 — License renewed LIREN Mar 2, 2005 — FCC action LITIN
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Mar 28, 2014 → Oct 4, 2026 · 76 snapshots · as N3NIU
REUBEN B HORNBUCKLE JR
707 S ELAM AVE, GREENSBORO, NC 27403
36.0641, -79.8254 (ZIP center) · Grid
FM06cb · CQ 5 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 22, 2013 · 9 snapshots · as N3NIU
REUBEN B HORNBUCKLE JR
9741 DUFFER WAY, MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, MD 20886
39.1885, -77.2051 (ZIP center) · Grid
FM19je · CQ 5 · ITU 8 ·
map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as N3NIU
REUBEN B HORNBUCKLE JR
1819 19TH ST NW 4, WASHINGTON, DC 20009
38.9191, -77.0374 (ZIP center) · Grid
FM18lw · CQ 5 · ITU 8 ·
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Others requesting N3NIU
1 application listed N3NIU as a choice, newest first.
Filed Award Applicant Choice # Status
Nov 19, 2021
Dec 7, 2021
KF0HFM · John G McIntosh · Bellevue, NE
2 Granted
📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N3NIU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N3NIU 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