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)W0FBV HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 16, 2013.
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 Apr 16, 2013
Previous holder: FRANK B VARDEMAN
Held W0FBV May 27, 2008 → Apr 15, 2011
· first licensed Feb 22, 1985 as W4VRI
· 5 licenses · FRN 0017807454
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1953 as W4VRI, before the FCC's online records
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📦 Moved: St. Croix Falls, WI → Long Beach, IN
- Licensee
- FRANK B VARDEMAN
- Address
- 1613 Indianapolis Ave
Long Beach, IN 46360
- FRN
- 0017807454
- Previous call
- N4SUY (Technician)
- Last granted
- Mar 1, 2011
- Effective
- Mar 1, 2011
- Last action
- Apr 15, 2011
FCC actions (4)
- Apr 15, 2011 — License canceled LICAN
- Mar 1, 2011 — License renewed LIREN
- May 28, 2008 — Administrative update LIAUA
- May 27, 2008 — FCC action ESCFRN
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📦 Moved: , None → St. Croix Falls, WI
- Licensee
- FRANK B VARDEMAN
- Address
- Attn: Frank B Vardeman
2330 215th Avenue
St. Croix Falls, WI 54024
- FRN
- 0017807454
- Previous call
- W4VRI (Technician)
- Last granted
- Jun 2, 2026
- Effective
- Jun 2, 2026
- Last action
- Jun 2, 2026
FCC actions (2)
- Jun 2, 2026 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jun 2, 2026 — License issued LIISS
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- Licensee
- FRANK B VARDEMAN III
- Address
- Last granted
- Effective
- Last action
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📦 Moved: Shelby, NC → St. Croix Falls, WI
- Licensee
- FRANK B VARDEMAN
- Address
- Attn: Frank B Vardeman
2330 215th Avenue
St. Croix Falls, WI 54024
- FRN
- 0017807454
- Previous call
- W0FBV (Technician)
- Last granted
- Jan 20, 2021
- Effective
- May 2, 2026
- Last action
- Jun 2, 2026
FCC actions (6)
- Jun 2, 2026 — License canceled LICAN
- May 2, 2026 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jan 20, 2021 — License renewed LIREN
- Nov 15, 2017 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Apr 15, 2011 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Apr 15, 2011 — License issued LIISS
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- Licensee
- ROBERT E VARDEMAN SR
- Address
- 3011 LAKE DR
SHELBY, NC 28152
- Last granted
- Oct 27, 1994
- Effective
- Oct 27, 1994
- Last action
- Oct 28, 2006
FCC actions (1)
- Oct 28, 2006 — License expired LIEXP
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 · 1 disc
N4SUY · General · issued Mar 1, 1999, expires Mar 1, 2009
FRANK B VARDEMAN III .
420 OLIVER AVE S, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55405-2047 - Seen Apr 4, 1997 → Nov 11, 1998 · 3 discs
N4SUY · General · issued Jan 8, 1997, expires Jun 20, 1999
FRANK B VARDEMAN III .
420 OLIVER AVE S, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55405-2047 - Seen Oct 31, 1994 → Apr 7, 1999 · 9 discs
W4VRI · Advanced · issued Oct 27, 1994, expires Oct 27, 2004
ROBERT E VARDEMAN SR
3011 LAKE DR, SHELBY, NC 28152 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 27, 1996 · 7 discs
N4SUY · General · issued Jun 20, 1989, expires Jun 20, 1999 · previously KB2BJN (Technician)
FRANK B VARDEMAN III
4612 EDDY DR, TAMPA, FL 33603 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Oct 31, 1994 · 3 discs
W4VRI · Advanced · issued Feb 22, 1985, expires Feb 22, 1995
ROBERT E VARDEMAN SR
3011 LAKE DR, SHELBY, NC 28150
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
- Seen Sep 27, 2026 → Oct 11, 2026 · 6 snapshots · as W4VRI
FRANK B VARDEMAN
Attn: Frank B Vardeman
2330 215th Avenue, St. Croix Falls, WI 54024 - Seen Oct 17, 2011 → Oct 11, 2026 · 75 snapshots · as W0FBV
FRANK B VARDEMAN
1613 Indianapolis Ave, Long Beach, IN 46360 - Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as N4SUY
FRANK B VARDEMAN III
- Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 11, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as W4VRI
ROBERT E VARDEMAN SR
3011 LAKE DR, SHELBY, NC 28152 - Seen May 27, 2010 → Sep 25, 2025 · 17 snapshots · as W4VRI
FRANK B VARDEMAN
2544 29th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55406 - Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as W0FBV
FRANK B VARDEMAN III
420 OLIVER AVE S, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55405-2047
Earlier Holders
W0FBV in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
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.
W0FBV 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.
- 1974 · 1 edition
W0FBV · class A
Sane S. Goddard
39618 Catamaran Ct
1974 p.365 - 1952 → 1955 · 4 editions
W0FBV
Manuel M. London
1500 Meade Street, Denver, C Olo.
Fall 1952 p.26, Fall 1953 p.25, Fall 1954 p.7, Fall 1955 p.28 - None · 1 edition
W0FBV · class A
Charles J Renard
807 Congdon Ay, Elgin, IL 60120
None p.1023
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W0FBV in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W0FBV beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.