N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 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

N8ZFU HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 12, 2005.

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 Mar 12, 2005

Previous holder: GAYLEN D STECKER

Held N8ZFU May 15, 1996 → Mar 11, 2003 · first licensed May 15, 1996 as N8ZFU · 2 licenses · FRN 0007919020

📦 Moved: Mattawan, MI → Lawton, MI

W8GDS Active Technician · vanity Mar 11, 2003 → expires Dec 20, 2033

Licensee
GAYLEN D STECKER

Address
354 West 4th Street, Apt 56
Lawton, MI 49065
42.1661, -85.8535 (street) · Grid EN72bd · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0007919020

Previous call
N8ZFU

Last granted
Dec 20, 2023

Effective
Dec 20, 2023

Last action
Dec 20, 2023
FCC actions (4)
- Dec 20, 2023 — License renewed LIREN
- Jan 25, 2013 — License renewed LIREN
- Mar 11, 2003 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Mar 11, 2003 — License issued LIISS
N8ZFU Canceled Technician May 15, 1996 → Mar 11, 2003 (canceled)

Licensee
GAYLEN D STECKER

Address
57777 WESTERN AVE APT R2A
MATTAWAN, MI 49071
42.2264, -85.7755 (ZIP center) · Grid EN72cf · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0007919020

Last granted
May 15, 1996

Effective
Nov 8, 2002

Last action
Mar 11, 2003
FCC actions (3)
- Mar 11, 2003 — License canceled LICAN
- Nov 8, 2002 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Nov 8, 2002 — FCC action LITIN

Address history

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

Seen Apr 27, 2024 → Oct 4, 2026 · 12 snapshots · as W8GDS
GAYLEN D STECKER
354 West 4th Street, Apt 56, Lawton, MI 49065
42.1661, -85.8535 (street) · Grid EN72bd · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 54 snapshots · as N8ZFU
GAYLEN D STECKER
57777 WESTERN AVE APT R2A, MATTAWAN, MI 49071
42.2264, -85.7755 (ZIP center) · Grid EN72cf · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Feb 18, 2013 → Apr 16, 2022 · 30 snapshots · as W8GDS
GAYLEN D STECKER
824 EAST SAINT JOSEPH STREET APT 2A, PAW PAW, MI 49079-1613
42.2402, -85.9081 (ZIP center) · Grid EN72bf · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for N8ZFU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of N8ZFU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.