N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 9:42 am CDT (FCC files through Sep 30, 2026) · next update tomorrow 9:15 am CDT
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W1OB

🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through May 27, 2036. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests May 28, 2038.

📬 QSL: LoTW user, last upload Feb 18, 2022 · eQSL AG member

📝 W1OB has filed vanity applications before — latest filed May 9, 2016 · what was requested

Currently held by Robert W Finster · 2 holders on record

Current holder: Robert W Finster

Held W1OB May 27, 2016 → present · first licensed Jan 14, 2004 as KC9FIQ · 2 licenses · FRN 0010204147

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

Previous holder: JAMES G DOVER

Held W1OB Mar 22, 2007 → May 6, 2014 · first licensed Mar 22, 2007 as W1OB · 1 license · FRN 0016010290

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

Vanity applications filed by W1OB

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 May 9, 2016
Granted Apr 15, 2026
0007258477
 KC9FIQ · Robert W Finster · Amateur Extra
585 Winstead Rd, Cobden, IL 62920
37.5795, -89.2829 (street) · Grid EM57in · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
1.W1WR held
2.K9AD held
3.W1OB ✓ granted
4.N1NZ held
5.N1US held
6.W1NM held
7.N1ZK held
8.W1UB held
9.W1NM held
10.N1HI held
11.N1US held
12.N1CT held
13.WA9WW
14.WA9WA
15.WA9AA
Granted
got W1OB

Others requesting W1OB

36 applications listed W1OB as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #Status
May 25, 2016 Jun 12, 2016 AB1UF · Frederick Beihold · Framingham, MA 12Dismissed
May 19, 2016 Jun 6, 2016 KC1EOQ · Timothy J Henrion Jr · Burlington, MA 4Dismissed
May 12, 2016 May 30, 2016 N5CJP · KENNETH I HOLCOMBE · BOERNE, TX 14Granted
May 10, 2016 May 28, 2016 NA4ZI · Jay J Smith · Mount Olive, AL 25Granted
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 W9NIZ · JEFFREY L WALDEN · Southport, CT 4Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 W1PWF · PATRICK W FAUCHER JR · FITCHBURG, MA 5Granted
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 KM4GNP · PAUL W KINNEBERG · CHANTILLY, VA 8Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 NW3H · William H Henderson · Harleysville, PA 8Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 KD0ORG · Lee D Salzman · Oak Ridge, TN 12Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 KK2CW · PAVEL DUDEK · CHELMSFORD, MA 8Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 AC1CW · MARK S FLOYD · Norwalk, CT 8Granted
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 K1MTK · Martin T Koszewski · Braintree, MA 10Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 N5WRL · DAVID E CATLETT · DALLAS, TX 11Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 WM1K · MICHAEL P PERRY · LEXINGTON, MA 6Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 WB3IRO · DAVID M FEHNEL · Plainfield, CT 3Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 AK1M · Kerry J Tomasevich · Madison, CT 2Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 WI1Y · Milton E Westover · SHIRLEY, MA 5Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 AB1ZC · Lindley T Specht · Marlborough, MA 6Granted
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 AB1ZZ · Jeffrey J Zibluk · Newtown, CT 8Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 AI6VQ · Frode O Igland · Cape Coral, FL 13Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 AF7XX · Walter H McElfresh · Tucson, AZ 5Granted
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 KC1DAD · Lawrence W Gray · East Falmouth, MA 3Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 KG5JBA · Donald C Kowalewski Jr · Kissimmee, FL 6Granted
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 AF7KJ · Dale A Wade · PHOENIX, AZ 1Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 KE8CCQ · Shawn W Johnson · Munising, MI 5Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 KC3GZI · Edward Jekarl · Bryn Mawr, PA 13Granted
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 WO1B · EDUARDO C OLIVEIRA · MARIETTA, GA 1Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 KC9FIQ · Robert W Finster · Cobden, IL 3Granted
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 KC1FAQ · Steven A Hurd · Newport, VT 10Granted
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 AJ4PN · Michael G Alauskas III · Palm Beach Gardens, FL 12Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 N2FRH · STEWART E BRITTNER · BELGRADE, ME 3Dismissed
May 9, 2016 May 27, 2016 WA1TRQ · RUSSELL C TREADWELL · Bluffton, SC 8Granted
May 6, 2016 May 24, 2016 KD8WIB · William C Perrine · Shaker Heights, OH 10Dismissed
May 3, 2016 May 21, 2016 KB1FBQ · James C Brown · Belmont, NH 3Dismissed
Apr 27, 2016 May 15, 2016 AC2SJ · Fabian T Eberhard · Saddle Brook, NJ 14Dismissed
Apr 25, 2016 May 13, 2016 KE4UCW · Keith E Anoe · Lisbon Falls, ME 7Dismissed

Repeaters within 50 miles

21 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, closest first · map these & export for a radio →

● repeater · ● 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)
MilesCallOutputOffsetToneModeNetworksLocation
4.1 K9GOX 146.8500 -0.6 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) AllStar 45525 AllStar 46293 Alto Pass, IL
10.4 W9UIH 442.1250 +5 none D-STAR Carbondale, IL
11.1 K9GOX
Listed as K9GOX/R
 145.3100 -0.6 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) AllStar 40443 Carbondale, IL
13.2 K9LRE 145.3100 -0.6 DG-ID 00-00 Fusion (C4FM) WIRES-X 11824 Murphysboro, IL
21.0 WB0VTM 146.2500 -0.6 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) AllStar 46293 Marion, IL
21.0 WB0VTM 444.1500 +5 DG-ID 00-00 Fusion (C4FM) WIRES-X 99714 Marion, IL
22.2 K9DMT 434.5500 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 316355501 Marion, IL
22.5 AB9S
Listed as AB9S/R
 442.7500 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 43423 Cape Girardeau, MO
22.5 AB9S 442.0750 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 43423 Cape Girardeau, MO
23.2 WB0TYV 146.9400 -0.6 none FM (analog) Cape Girardeau, MO
23.2 W0QMF 146.6100 -0.6 none FM (analog) 🗓 1 net Cape Girardeau, MO
23.2 W0QMF 146.6850 -0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) 🗓 1 net Cape Girardeau, MO
23.2 W0RMS 444.2000 +5 none FM (analog) 🗓 1 net Cape Girardeau, MO
24.4 AB9S 145.3100 -0.6 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) AllStar 28981 Jackson, MO
25.2 AB9S 224.3000 -1.6 TONE 88.5 FM (analog) AllStar 41144 Jackson, MO
28.4 KB0ZAW 146.9700 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) Scott City, MO
29.9 KG9YYZ 439.5500 -5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister 3176714 Du Quoin, IL
33.4 WY9S 147.3150 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) Perryville, MO
33.4 WY9S 444.2250 +5 none FM (analog) (FM,C4FM) Perryville, MO
42.2 W0QMF 146.8200 -0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) 🗓 1 net Marble Hill, MO
10.8 K6ERS offline 444.7750 +5 CC? DMR BrandMeister 310200 BrandMeister 310206 Carbondale, IL