N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 2, 2026) · next update today 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

W3AFB HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 6, 2006.

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 6, 2006

Previous holder: FRANCIS W WELDIN

Held W3AFB Apr 5, 1994 → Apr 5, 2004 · first licensed Apr 5, 1994 as W3AFB · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

W3AFB Expired General Apr 5, 1994 → Apr 5, 2004 (expired)

Licensee
FRANCIS W WELDIN

Address
404 MILLTOWN RD
WILMINGTON, DE 19808
39.7376, -75.6671 (ZIP center) · Grid FM29dr · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Apr 5, 1994

Effective
Apr 5, 1994

Last action
Apr 6, 2006
FCC actions (1)
- Apr 6, 2006 — License expired LIEXP

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as W3AFB
FRANCIS W WELDIN
404 MILLTOWN RD, WILMINGTON, DE 19808
39.7376, -75.6671 (ZIP center) · Grid FM29dr · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W3AFB

2 applications listed W3AFB as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Feb 6, 2019	Feb 24, 2019	KC3MVJ · Ronald L McElderry · Erie, PA	2	Granted
Dec 21, 2015	Jan 8, 2016	KC3FJU · Robert L Arney Jr · Newport, PA	3	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W3AFB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W3AFB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.