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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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)
N4CKE HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 9, 2006.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Aug 9, 2024 as choice 4:
not granted, that applicant got N4CKR instead.
Not currently held
· 1 holder on record
· available since Mar 9, 2006
Previous holder: JAMES L MATTHEWS
Held N4CKE Jun 29, 1984 → Mar 8, 2004
· first licensed Jun 29, 1984 as N4CKE
· 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1980 as N4CKE, before the FCC's online records
N4CKEExpiredTechnicianJun 29, 1984 → Mar 8, 2004 (expired)
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
Seen May 3, 1994 → Apr 17, 2003 · 18 discs N4CKE
· Technician · issued Mar 8, 1994, expires Mar 8, 2004
JAMES L. MATTHEWS
BOX 613, MULBERRY, FL 33860
Seen Sep 9, 1993 · 1 disc N4CKE
· Technician · issued Jun 29, 1984, expires Jun 29, 1994
JAMES L MATTHEWS
BOX 613, MULBERRY, FL 33860
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as N4CKE
JAMES L MATTHEWS
BOX 613, MULBERRY, FL 33860
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.
1997 · 1 edition N4CKE · class T
James L Matthews Box 61j, Mulberry Fl Jjb60 1997 p.600
1988 → 1996 · 6 editions N4CKE · class T
James L Matthews Box 613, Mulberry, FL 33860 Winter 1988 p.426, Winter 1989 p.426, Winter 1990 p.425, Winter 1991 p.454, 1994 p.531, 1996 p.585
1987 · 1 edition N4CKE · class T
Jamos L Matthews Box Bll, Muberry Fl 33bb0 Winter 1987 p.416
1986 · 1 edition N4CKE · class T
James L Matthews Box 613, Mulberry Fl Jjbbo Winter 1986 p.416
1985 · 1 edition N4CKE · class T
James L Matthews Box Bl3, Mulberry Fl 33bb0 Winter 1985 p.419
1984 · 1 edition N4CKE · class T
James L Matthews Box Bll, Mulberry Fl 338&0 Winter 1984 p.424
1981 → 1983 · 2 editions N4CKE · class T
James L Matthews Box 613, Mulberry, FL 33860 1981 p.320, Winter 1983 p.412
1980 · 1 edition N4CKE · class T
James L Matthews 515 Kildare Rd, Cary, NC 27511 Winter 1980 p.388
None · 1 edition N4CKE · class T
James | Matthews Box 613, Mulberry None p.337
Others Requesting N4CKE
1 application listed N4CKE as a choice, newest first.
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N4CKE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N4CKE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.