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

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

N4RMA HAM

⏳ Not available yet — opens for vanity requests Jan 22, 2028, two years after the license was canceled (Jan 21, 2026).

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 · 2 holders on record

Previous holder: FREDERICK R SCHAFER

Held N4RMA Dec 24, 2013 → Jan 21, 2026 · first licensed Oct 17, 2013 as KK4UIB · 3 licenses · FRN 0023020035

W4DSC Active Technician · vanity Jan 21, 2026 → expires Jan 21, 2036

Licensee
FREDERICK R SCHAFER

Address
PO Box 123
HAMER, SC 29547
34.4881, -79.3281 (ZIP center) · Grid FM04il · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0023020035

Previous call
N4RMA

Last granted
Jan 21, 2026

Effective
Jan 21, 2026

Last action
Jan 21, 2026
FCC actions (2)
- Jan 21, 2026 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jan 21, 2026 — License issued LIISS
N4RMA Canceled Technician · vanity Dec 24, 2013 → Jan 21, 2026 (canceled)

Licensee
FREDERICK R SCHAFER

Address
PO Box 123
HAMER, SC 29547
34.4881, -79.3281 (ZIP center) · Grid FM04il · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0023020035

Previous call
KK4UIB

Last granted
Nov 15, 2023

Effective
Nov 15, 2023

Last action
Jan 21, 2026
FCC actions (4)
- Jan 21, 2026 — License canceled LICAN
- Nov 15, 2023 — License renewed LIREN
- Dec 24, 2013 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Dec 24, 2013 — License issued LIISS
KK4UIB Canceled Technician Oct 17, 2013 → Dec 24, 2013 (canceled)

Licensee
FREDERICK R SCHAFER

Address
PO Box 123
HAMER, SC 29547
34.4881, -79.3281 (ZIP center) · Grid FM04il · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0023020035

Last granted
Oct 17, 2013

Effective
Oct 17, 2013

Last action
Dec 24, 2013
FCC actions (3)
- Dec 24, 2013 — License canceled LICAN
- Oct 17, 2013 — License issued LIISS
- Oct 17, 2013 — 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 Oct 22, 2013 → Sep 27, 2026 · 76 snapshots · as KK4UIB
FREDERICK R SCHAFER
PO Box 123
HAMER, SC 29547
34.4881, -79.3281 (ZIP center) · Grid FM04il · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Previous holder: DONALD G GLEAVES SR

Held N4RMA Jan 28, 1998 → Jan 28, 2008 · first licensed Jan 28, 1998 as N4RMA · 1 license · FRN 0002564342

N4RMA Expired Amateur Extra Jan 28, 1998 → Jan 28, 2008 (expired)

Licensee
DONALD G GLEAVES SR

Address
31738 BUZBEE ROAD
SPANISH FORT, AL 36527
30.7021, -87.8819 (ZIP center) · Grid EM60bq · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0002564342

Last granted
Jan 28, 1998

Effective
Mar 9, 2000

Last action
Jan 29, 2010
FCC actions (2)
- Jan 29, 2010 — License expired LIEXP
- Mar 9, 2000 — Administrative update LIAUA

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 N4RMA
DONALD G GLEAVES SR
31738 BUZBEE ROAD, SPANISH FORT, AL 36527
30.7021, -87.8819 (ZIP center) · Grid EM60bq · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting N4RMA

3 applications listed N4RMA as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jun 24, 2026	Jul 12, 2026	KQ4YFZ · Alexis Alvarez · Wimauma, FL	1	Granted
Dec 5, 2013	Dec 23, 2013	KK4UIB · FREDERICK R SCHAFER · HAMER, SC	1	Granted
Feb 11, 2003	Mar 1, 2003	KG4VXF · Randolf-Macon Academy Ham Radio Club · Front Royal, VA	17	Dismissed

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N4RMA in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N4RMA beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.