N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 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

W3ETE HAM

⏳ Not available yet — opens for vanity requests Mar 19, 2027, two years after the license was canceled (Mar 18, 2025).

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 · 2 holders on record

Previous holder: ERNEST J ANTCZAK

Held W3ETE Oct 16, 2020 → Mar 18, 2025 · first licensed Mar 4, 2003 as NC8N · 5 licenses · FRN 0008534729

NE3TE Active Amateur Extra · vanity Mar 18, 2025 → expires Mar 18, 2035

Licensee
ERNEST J ANTCZAK

Address
1194 Sculthorpe Drive
West Chester, PA 19380
39.9872, -75.6031 (ZIP center) · Grid FM29ex · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0008534729

Previous call
W3ETE

Last granted
Mar 18, 2025

Effective
Mar 18, 2025

Last action
Mar 18, 2025
FCC actions (2)
- Mar 18, 2025 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Mar 18, 2025 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: Exton, PA → West Chester, PA

W3ETE Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Oct 16, 2020 → Mar 18, 2025 (canceled)

Licensee
ERNEST J ANTCZAK

Address
1194 Sculthorpe Drive
West Chester, PA 19380
39.9872, -75.6031 (ZIP center) · Grid FM29ex · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0008534729

Previous call
NN6U

Last granted
Oct 16, 2020

Effective
Oct 1, 2021

Last action
Mar 18, 2025
FCC actions (4)
- Mar 18, 2025 — License canceled LICAN
- Oct 1, 2021 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Oct 16, 2020 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Oct 16, 2020 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: Discovery Bay, CA → Exton, PA

NN6U Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Dec 10, 2019 → Oct 16, 2020 (canceled)

Licensee
ERNEST J ANTCZAK

Address
351 Creamery Way Unit 1101
Exton, PA 19341
40.0400, -75.6408 (ZIP center) · Grid FN20ea · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0008534729

Previous call
W8XW

Last granted
Dec 10, 2019

Effective
Sep 26, 2020

Last action
Oct 16, 2020
FCC actions (4)
- Oct 16, 2020 — License canceled LICAN
- Sep 26, 2020 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Dec 10, 2019 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Dec 10, 2019 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: Oakland, MI → Discovery Bay, CA

W8XW Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Oct 3, 2008 → Dec 10, 2019 (canceled)

Licensee
ERNEST J ANTCZAK

Address
9833 Key West Way
Discovery Bay, CA 94505
37.8713, -121.5970 (ZIP center) · Grid CM97eu · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0008534729

Previous call
NC8N

Last granted
Jul 9, 2018

Effective
Nov 14, 2018

Last action
Dec 10, 2019
FCC actions (6)
- Dec 10, 2019 — License canceled LICAN
- Nov 14, 2018 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jul 9, 2018 — License renewed LIREN
- Apr 19, 2018 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Oct 3, 2008 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Oct 3, 2008 — License issued LIISS
NC8N Canceled Amateur Extra Mar 4, 2003 → Oct 3, 2008 (canceled)

Licensee
ERNEST J ANTCZAK

Address
1179 Cayuga Trail
Oakland, MI 48363
42.7725, -83.1625 (ZIP center) · Grid EN82ks · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0008534729

Last granted
Dec 28, 2005

Effective
May 1, 2007

Last action
Oct 3, 2008
FCC actions (4)
- Oct 3, 2008 — License canceled LICAN
- May 1, 2007 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Dec 28, 2005 — License renewed LIREN
- Mar 4, 2003 — License modified LIMOD

Address history

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

Seen Apr 16, 2022 → Oct 4, 2026 · 18 snapshots · as W3ETE
ERNEST J ANTCZAK
1194 Sculthorpe Drive, West Chester, PA 19380
39.9872, -75.6031 (ZIP center) · Grid FM29ex · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Apr 16, 2022 → Oct 4, 2026 · 13 snapshots · as NN6U
ERNEST J ANTCZAK
351 Creamery Way Unit 1101, Exton, PA 19341
40.0400, -75.6408 (ZIP center) · Grid FN20ea · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Jan 22, 2019 → Oct 4, 2026 · 15 snapshots · as W8XW
ERNEST J ANTCZAK
9833 Key West Way, Discovery Bay, CA 94505
37.8713, -121.5970 (ZIP center) · Grid CM97eu · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 4, 2026 · 79 snapshots · as NC8N
ERNEST J ANTCZAK
1179 Cayuga Trail, Oakland, MI 48363
42.7725, -83.1625 (ZIP center) · Grid EN82ks · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as NC8N
ERNEST J ANTCZAK
66 Diana Road, Ogden Dunes, IN 46368
41.5916, -87.1789 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61jo · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Previous holder: ALBERT W PICCIRILLI

Held W3ETE Aug 19, 1996 → Aug 19, 2006 · first licensed Aug 19, 1996 as W3ETE · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

W3ETE Expired General Aug 19, 1996 → Aug 19, 2006 (expired)

Licensee
ALBERT W PICCIRILLI

Address
1315 EIGHT AVE
BEAVER, PA 15009
40.6979, -80.3653 (ZIP center) · Grid EN90tq · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Aug 19, 1996

Effective
Aug 19, 1996

Last action
Aug 20, 2008
FCC actions (1)
- Aug 20, 2008 — 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 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as W3ETE
ALBERT W PICCIRILLI
1315 EIGHT AVE, BEAVER, PA 15009
40.6979, -80.3653 (ZIP center) · Grid EN90tq · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W3ETE

4 applications listed W3ETE as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Sep 28, 2020	Oct 16, 2020	NN6U · ERNEST J ANTCZAK · Exton, PA	1	Granted
May 29, 2015	Jun 16, 2015	KK6UHK · Dindo G Garcia · Riverside, CA	10	Granted
May 20, 2014	Jun 7, 2014	KC3BFF · Paul R Faeder · Dingmans Ferry, PA	6	Granted
Dec 20, 2011	Jan 7, 2012	AB3OT · Paul H Ross · Delmar, MD	6	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W3ETE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W3ETE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.