N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 5, 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

W0BAL HAM

⏳ Not available yet — opens for vanity requests Feb 15, 2027, two years after the license was canceled (Feb 14, 2025).

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

📬 QSL: LoTW user · last upload Mar 6, 2025 · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 1 holder on record

Previous holder: ROBERT L OBOURN

Held W0BAL Apr 13, 2024 → Feb 14, 2025 · first licensed Mar 19, 2024 as KK7SBI · 3 licenses · FRN 0035079102

📦 Moved: Lewis Mcchord, WA → Ogden, KS

K8ZX Active Amateur Extra · vanity Feb 14, 2025 → expires Feb 14, 2035

Licensee
ROBERT L OBOURN

Address
PO Box 974
310 Riley Ave
Ogden, KS 66517
39.1158, -96.7103 (street) · Grid EM19pc · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0035079102

Previous call
W0BAL (General)

Last granted
Feb 14, 2025

Effective
Aug 26, 2025

Last action
Aug 26, 2025
FCC actions (4)
- Aug 26, 2025 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jun 14, 2025 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Feb 14, 2025 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Feb 14, 2025 — License issued LIISS
W0BAL Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Apr 13, 2024 → Feb 14, 2025 (canceled)

Licensee
Robert L Obourn

Address
5132 OLYMPIC ST APT A
Lewis McChord, WA 98433-1661
47.0923, -122.6081 (ZIP center) · Grid CN87qc · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0035079102

Previous call
KK7SBI (General)

Last granted
Apr 13, 2024

Effective
Jan 3, 2025

Last action
Feb 14, 2025
FCC actions (5)
- Feb 14, 2025 — License canceled LICAN
- Jan 3, 2025 — License modified LIMOD
- Jun 3, 2024 — License modified LIMOD
- Apr 13, 2024 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Apr 13, 2024 — License issued LIISS
KK7SBI Canceled Technician Mar 19, 2024 → Apr 13, 2024 (canceled)

Licensee
Robert Obourn

Address
5132 OLYMPIC ST
Lewis McChord, WA 98433-1661
47.0923, -122.6081 (ZIP center) · Grid CN87qc · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0035079102

Last granted
Mar 19, 2024

Effective
Mar 19, 2024

Last action
Apr 13, 2024
FCC actions (3)
- Apr 13, 2024 — License canceled LICAN
- Mar 19, 2024 — License issued LIISS
- Mar 19, 2024 — 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 Sep 25, 2025 → Oct 4, 2026 · 3 snapshots · as K8ZX
ROBERT L OBOURN
PO Box 974
310 Riley Ave, Ogden, KS 66517
39.1158, -96.7103 (street) · Grid EM19pc · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen Jul 1, 2024 → Oct 4, 2026 · 15 snapshots · as W0BAL
ROBERT L OBOURN
5132 OLYMPIC ST APT A, LEWIS MCCHORD, WA 98433-1661
47.0923, -122.6081 (ZIP center) · Grid CN87qc · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Apr 27, 2024 → Oct 4, 2026 · 12 snapshots · as KK7SBI
Robert Obourn
5132 OLYMPIC ST, Lewis McChord, WA 98433-1661
47.0923, -122.6081 (ZIP center) · Grid CN87qc · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Apr 27, 2024 · 1 snapshot · as W0BAL
Robert L Obourn
5132 OLYMPIC ST, APT A, Lewis McChord, WA 98433-1661
47.0923, -122.6081 (ZIP center) · Grid CN87qc · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

Others requesting W0BAL

3 applications listed W0BAL as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Mar 26, 2024	Apr 13, 2024	KK7SBI · Robert L Obourn · Lewis McChord, WA	2	Granted
Mar 11, 2020	Mar 29, 2020	KE0ZTC · Jacob J Baldwin · Bemidji, MN	10	Granted
Mar 29, 2016	Apr 16, 2016	KE0IGD · David R Woods · Pineville, MO	5	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W0BAL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W0BAL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.