N9TPB FCC License Search
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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)

N9BIG HAM 📻 GMRS

📻
Also a GMRS licensee
WRHS610WQUA778
Active until Jun 9, 2030 · same FCC Registration Number (FRN) · GMRS covers the licensee's immediate family

👀 Looked up 1 time by 1 person on this site

General class licensed since 2010 (16 yrs) N9BIG since 2014 · previously KC9SCK Mount Vernon, IL Grid EM58ni LoTW user GMRS WRHS610 On APRS 7 min ago 42 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Dec 19, 2034. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Dec 20, 2036.

📬 QSL: LoTW user · last upload Aug 25, 2024 · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

📝 N9BIG has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Dec 1, 2014 · what was requested

Currently held by Nicholas R Skaggs III · 2 holders on record

Current holder: Nicholas R Skaggs III

Held N9BIG Dec 19, 2014 → present · first licensed Apr 13, 2010 as KC9SCK · 2 licenses · FRN 0019743145

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

Previous holder: EDWARD J BAHR

Held N9BIG Mar 17, 1987 → Mar 24, 2007 · first licensed Mar 17, 1987 as N9BIG · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1981 as N9BIG, before the FCC's online records

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.
N9BIG 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 N9BIG

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 Dec 1, 2014
Granted Oct 4, 2024
0006563296
 KC9SCK · Nicholas R Skaggs III · Technician
2317 S 10th St, Springfield, IL 62703
39.7630, -89.6311 (ZIP center) · Grid EM59es · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.N9BIG ✓ Granted
 Granted
got N9BIG

Others Requesting N9BIG

2 applications listed N9BIG as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #N9BIGResult
Feb 27, 2025 Mar 17, 2025 KJ6NWU · JEFFREY M BRADFORD · New Carlisle, IN 12Not granted They got N9WPR (choice 8)
Dec 1, 2014 Dec 19, 2014 KC9SCK · Nicholas R Skaggs III · Springfield, IL 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

📍 APRS

N9BIG-1 · 7 min ago
38.3133, -88.9000 · WX3in1Plus2.0 U=14.0V,T=??.?C/??.?F
Full history on aprs.fi →

📻 GMRS Repeaters within 50 Miles

4 on the air or of unknown status, closest first · map these & export for a GMRS radio →

MilesChannelOutputTone inOwnerLocationAccessStatus
20RP15462.550141.3 WSDR538 Salem, IL OpenOn the air
34RP15462.550— WRWS550 Keyesport, IL ClosedOn the air
44RP19462.65082.5 WSGV743 Ava, IL OpenOn the air
46RP15462.550141.3 WROG922 Albion, IL OpenOn the air

Repeaters within 50 Miles

42 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
46.9 AD9OV Greenville
AD9OV
 442.9250 +5 TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) 🗓 1 net 1 net · 105 check-ins · 37 stations Greenville, IL
47.0 AD9OV Greenville Wtr
AD9OV IRLP
 147.1650 +0.6 TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) (FM,P25) EchoLink 228190 IRLP 28190 🗓 1 net 1 net · 105 check-ins · 37 stations Greenville, IL
1.5 KB9KDE Mount Vernon
KB9KDE
 147.1350 +0.6 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) — Mount Vernon, IL
1.5 N9BIG Mount Vernon
N9BIG
 147.2400 +0.6 CC7 DMR — Mount Vernon, IL
1.7 N9BIG Mount Vernon
N9BIG BM
 147.3150 +0.6 CC7 DMR BrandMeister 312595 — Mount Vernon, IL
9.2 N9BIG Bluford
N9BIG
 443.6938 +5 CC7 DMR — Bluford, IL
14.2 W9RLC Ina Rend Lk
W9RLC
 145.1900 -0.6 TSQL 71.9 FM (analog) — Ina, IL
20.1 W9CWA Salem I-57/US-50
W9CWA
 147.2700 +0.6 TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) — Salem, IL
20.1 W9CWA Salem I-57/US-50
W9CWA
 442.2000 +5 TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) — Salem, IL
22.0 KC9URF Sandoval
KC9URF
 145.6375 simplex none D-STAR — Sandoval, IL
22.1 N9LUD Offline Tamaroa
N9LUD
 146.9850 -0.6 TSQL 107.2 FM (analog) — Tamaroa, IL
23.6 KC9RFU Benton
KC9RFU
 146.8050 -0.6 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Benton, IL
24.0 KC9NPJ Johnsonville
KC9NPJ
 442.6250 +5 TSQL 123.0 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Johnsonville, IL
25.5 W9XWA Xenia
W9XWA WIRES-X
 145.3100 -0.6 Fusion (C4FM) WIRES-X 1 — Xenia, IL
28.7 KG9YYZ Du Quoin
KG9YYZ BM
 439.5500 -5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 3176714 — Du Quoin, IL
30.1 KC9TON Fairfield
KC9TON
 145.1300 -0.6 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) — Fairfield, IL
30.1 N9BRG Fairfield
N9BRG
 444.8250 +5 none P25 — Fairfield, IL
30.1 N9BRG Fairfield
N9BRG
 445.1500 -5 CC1 DMR — Fairfield, IL
30.4 AB9ST Offline West Frankfort
AB9ST
 147.0450 +0.6 TSQL 97.4 FM (analog) — West Frankfort, IL
32.5 KC9AGC Flora Wtr
KC9AGC
 146.7000 -0.6 TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) — Flora, IL
36.0 W9OG Burnt Prairie
W9OG
 147.3300 +0.6 Fusion (C4FM) — Burnt Prairie, IL
36.0 W9KXP Burnt Prairie
W9KXP IRLP
 147.3300 +0.6 none FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) WIRES-X 43844 IRLP EchoLink — Burnt Prairie, IL
38.2 KC9ISQ Vandalia
KC9ISQ AllStar
 146.7450 -0.6 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) AllStar 626485 — Vandalia, IL
38.5 AI9F Clay City
AI9F
 442.0750 +5 TSQL 186.2 FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) — Clay City, IL
42.0 K9DMT Marion
K9DMT BM
 434.5500 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 316355501 — Marion, IL
42.0 K9TJR Offline Aviston
K9TJR
 147.2100 +0.6 TSQL 79.7 FM (analog) — Aviston, IL
42.0 K9TJR Offline Aviston
K9TJR
 443.1750 +5 TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) — Aviston, IL
42.4 WB0VTM Marion
WB0VTM AllStar
 146.2500 -0.6 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) AllStar 46293 — Marion, IL
42.4 WB0VTM Marion
WB0VTM WIRES-X
 444.1500 +5 DG-ID 00-00 Fusion (C4FM) WIRES-X 99714 — Marion, IL
42.5 W9RNM Marion
W9RNM EchoLink
 146.6400 -0.6 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) EchoLink 564519 — Marion, IL
44.4 W9RNM Ava
W9RNM
 147.0900 +0.6 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) — Ava, IL
44.8 KC9RHG Noble
KC9RHG
 146.7600 -0.6 TSQL 94.8 FM (analog) — Noble, IL
44.8 KC9RHH Noble
KC9RHH WIRES-X
 442.3750 +5 Fusion (C4FM) WIRES-X 30850 — Noble, IL
45.3 W9UIH Carbondale
W9UIH
 146.7300 -0.6 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) — Carbondale, IL
45.3 W9UIH Carbondale
W9UIH
 442.6562 +5 none D-STAR — Carbondale, IL
45.3 W9UIH Offline Carbondale
W9UIH
 442.0250 +5 TSQL 88.5 FM (analog) — Carbondale, IL
45.3 K6ERS Offline Carbondale
K6ERS BM
 444.7750 +5 CC? DMR BrandMeister 310200 BrandMeister 310206 — Carbondale, IL
45.6 K9LRE Murphysboro
K9LRE WIRES-X
 145.3100 -0.6 DG-ID 00-00 Fusion (C4FM) WIRES-X 11824 — Murphysboro, IL
45.8 W9UIH Carbondale
W9UIH
 442.1250 +5 none D-STAR — Carbondale, IL
46.6 W9KXQ Offline Greenville
W9KXQ IRLP
 449.1750 simplex TSQL 103.5 FM (analog) IRLP 7210 IRLP 7410 — Greenville, IL
47.3 W9KXP Herald
W9KXP
 147.3000 +0.6 DCS 023 FM (analog) — Herald, IL
49.5 N9QZA Parkersburgh
N9QZA
 444.9750 +5 TONE 114.8 FM (analog) — Parkersburgh, IL