N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:16 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 7, 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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)

N8LVX HAM 📻 GMRS

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Also a GMRS licensee
WRFM646
Active until Mar 31, 2030 · same FCC Registration Number (FRN) · GMRS covers the licensee's immediate family
General class licensed since 2020 (6 yrs) N8LVX since 2020 · previously KE8OBS Marquette, MI Grid EN66hn GMRS WRFM646 22 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Mar 17, 2030. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Mar 18, 2032.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

📝 N8LVX has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Feb 28, 2020 · what was requested

Currently held by Christopher P Hokenson · 2 holders on record

Current holder: Christopher P Hokenson

Held N8LVX Mar 17, 2020 → present · first licensed Feb 27, 2020 as KE8OBS · 2 licenses · FRN 0029269776

Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Previous holder: GLENN D EASTERLING

Held N8LVX Mar 20, 1990 → Mar 29, 2002 · first licensed Mar 20, 1990 as N8LVX · 2 licenses · FRN 0006261002

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.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
N8LVX 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.

Vanity Applications Filed by N8LVX

Calls this licensee has asked the FCC for, newest first, in their order of preference. The FCC processes applications 18 days after filing; "likely award" is our estimate from every pending application in filing order.

Filed · AwardApplicantRequested (in order)Status
Filed Feb 28, 2020
Granted Mar 17, 2020
0008994480
 KE8OBS · Christopher P Hokenson · General
725 Cedar St, Marquette, MI 49855
46.5499, -87.3833 (street) · Grid EN66hn · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.N8LVX ✓ Granted
2.K8LVX Never issued
3.W8LVX Never issued
4.N8LUX Held by PAUL J LIMESTAHL until Apr 20, 2033
5.K8LUX Held before 1999
6.W8LUX Held by DAVID WILD until Mar 9, 2031
 Granted
got N8LVX
Filed Feb 1, 2002
Granted Jan 4, 2012
0000757058
 N8LVX · GLENN D EASTERLING · General
886 SR 7, COOLVILLE, OH 45723
39.2263, -81.8235 (ZIP center) · Grid EM99cf · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.K8PSK ✓ Granted
2.N8PSK Held by JOHN C DURBIN until Dec 4, 2034
 Dismissed
got K8PSK
Filed Jan 30, 2002
Granted Jan 4, 2012
0000752981
 N8LVX · GLENN D EASTERLING · General
RT 3 886 SR 7, COOLVILLE, OH 45723
39.2263, -81.8235 (ZIP center) · Grid EM99cf · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.K8PSK ✓ Granted
2.N8PSK Held by JOHN C DURBIN until Dec 4, 2034
 Granted
got K8PSK

Others Requesting N8LVX

1 application listed N8LVX as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #N8LVXResult
Feb 28, 2020 Mar 17, 2020 KE8OBS · Christopher P Hokenson · Marquette, MI 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N8LVX in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N8LVX beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 Miles

22 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, most active first · sort: closest · most active · map these & export for a radio →

● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · ● unknown · ◉ this license · ring = 50 miles · click a dot for the repeater's page
● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · no dot = unknown (hover a dot for the evidence)
MilesCallNameOutputOffsetToneModeNetworksActivityLocation
0.6 KK5PD Marquette
KK5PD BM
 443.4000 +5 CC7 DMR BrandMeister 313809 — Marquette, MI
0.6 KK5PD Marquette
KK5PD BM
 444.1250 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 313824 — Marquette, MI
0.6 KE8KRQ Marquette
KE8KRQ BM
 434.9875 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 314055 — Marquette, MI
0.6 KE8KRQ Marquette
KE8KRQ BM
 434.9125 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 314321 — Marquette, MI
0.6 KE8KRR Marquette
KE8KRR BM
 434.9250 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 314325 BrandMeister 314326 — Marquette, MI
3.9 KE8IL Marquette
KE8IL EchoLink
 146.9700 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) EchoLink 394682 — Marquette, MI
3.9 KE8IL Offline Marquette
KE8IL EchoLink
 444.8000 +5 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) EchoLink 394682 — Marquette, MI
8.8 K8LOD Marquette
K8LOD AllStar
 147.2700 +0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 48579 EchoLink 420942 IRLP 8461 — Marquette, MI
8.8 K8LOD Marquette
K8LOD AllStar
 443.4500 +5 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 48579 EchoLink 420942 — Marquette, MI
9.7 KB0P Marquette
KB0P AllStar
 442.2000 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) (DMR,FM) BrandMeister 311795 AllStar 48579 — Marquette, MI
13.7 KK5PD Offline Marquette
KK5PD BM
 439.5125 in 435.5125 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 313467 — Marquette, MI
14.5 K8LOD Ishpeming Cliffs
K8LOD
 146.9100 -0.6 none FM (analog) — Ishpeming, MI
18.7 K8LOD Gwinn
K8LOD AllStar
 146.6400 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 48579 EchoLink 420942 — Gwinn, MI
20.2 N8RY Gwinn
N8RY BM
 444.0000 in 433.4500 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 3163836 — Gwinn Michigan, MI
26.2 K8LOD Republic
K8LOD AllStar
 146.8200 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 48579 EchoLink 420942 — Republic, MI
28.8 W8FYZ Trenary
W8FYZ
 147.0300 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Trenary, MI
29.9 NZ8U Republic
NZ8U
 147.0900 +0.6 none FM (analog) — Republic, MI
38.7 KC8BAN Wetmore
KC8BAN AllStar
 145.4100 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 48579 EchoLink 420942 — Wetmore, MI
40.0 N8RJP Wetmore
N8RJP BM
 442.8500 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 313046615 — Wetmore, MI
40.4 N8RJP WETMORE Round Lk
N8RJP AllStar
 444.9000 +5 TONE 131.8 FM (analog) AllStar 53624 EchoLink 654189 — WETMORE, MI
45.7 KE8CPN L'Anse
KE8CPN
 147.3750 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — L'Anse, MI
49.7 K8PL Escanaba
K8PL
 147.1500 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Escanaba, MI