N9TPB
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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)N8KBZ HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 17, 2022.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Oct 2, 2017 as choice 3: not granted, that applicant got K8KBZ instead.
Last requested Oct 2, 2017 as choice 3: not granted, that applicant got K8KBZ instead.
📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Nov 17, 2022
Previous holder: WAYNE D MELIN
Held N8KBZ Nov 8, 1988 → Nov 16, 2020
· first licensed Nov 8, 1988 as N8KBZ
· 1 license · FRN 0020331666
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1985 as KA8TKU, before the FCC's online records
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- Licensee
- WAYNE D MELIN
- Address
- 303 N.Rowe St.
Ludington, MI 49431
- FRN
- 0020331666
- Last granted
- Nov 16, 2010
- Effective
- Nov 16, 2010
- Last action
- Nov 17, 2022
FCC actions (3)
- Nov 17, 2022 — License expired LIEXP
- Nov 16, 2010 — License renewed LIREN
- Nov 15, 2010 — FCC action ESCFRN
Callbook Records, 1993–2003
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 Apr 7, 1999 → Apr 17, 2003 · 9 discs
N8KBZ · Technician Plus · issued Nov 16, 1998, expires Nov 16, 2008
WAYNE D. MELIN
810 JONES ST, GRAND LEDGE, MI 48837 - Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Nov 11, 1998 · 8 discs
N8KBZ · Technician Plus · issued Nov 8, 1988, expires Nov 8, 1998 · previously KA8TKU (Novice)
WAYNE D MELIN
810 JONES ST, GRAND LEDGE, MI 48837 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 → May 3, 1994 · 2 discs
N8KBZ · Technician · issued Nov 8, 1988, expires Nov 8, 1998 · previously KA8TKU (Novice)
WAYNE D MELIN
810 JONES ST, GRAND LEDGE, MI 48837
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
N8KBZ in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
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.
Others Requesting N8KBZ
1 application listed N8KBZ as a choice, newest first.
| Filed | Award | Applicant | Choice # | N8KBZ | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2017 | Oct 20, 2017 | KD8PHL · Keith B Zawicki · Lorain, OH | 3 | Not granted | They got K8KBZ (choice 1) |
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N8KBZ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N8KBZ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.