N9TPB FCC License Search
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W3FM HAM

Amateur Extra class licensed since 2015 (11 yrs) W3FM since 2015 · previously AF7QT, KG7SRW Saipan, MP grid QK25ve
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Jun 13, 2035. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Jun 14, 2037.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

📝 W3FM has filed vanity applications before — latest filed May 26, 2015 · what was requested

Currently held by Akira Okubo · 2 holders on record

Current holder: Akira Okubo

Held W3FM Jun 13, 2015 → present · first licensed Apr 9, 2015 as KG7SRW · 3 licenses · FRN 0024380248

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

Previous holder: Harry T Burhans Jr

Held W3FM Feb 15, 2005 → May 24, 2013 · first licensed Feb 15, 2005 as W3FM · 1 license · FRN 0003355062

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

Vanity applications filed by W3FM

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 26, 2015
Granted Apr 11, 2025
0006813772
 AF7QT · Akira Okubo · Amateur Extra
5541 NE 122nd Ave. Suite 320 #79609, Portland, OR 97230
45.5578, -122.5053 (ZIP center) · Grid CN85rn · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
1.W6CS held by Chris Souleles until Jun 5, 2035
2.W3FM ✓ granted
3.W3NV held by MICHAEL G SMITH until Jun 13, 2035
4.W3YM held by Christopher Dimitrijevic until Jun 30, 2035
5.W4DJ held by RAYMOND F FAIRCLOTH SR until Jun 13, 2035
6.N7BB held by Bryne R Hagstrom until Jun 13, 2035
7.N7DG held by David Garber until Jun 23, 2035
8.N3BG held by Bill Gibbons until Nov 20, 2030
9.K4ZD held by William M Phillips until Jun 13, 2035
10.W7XV held by Steven E Stark until Jun 13, 2035
11.W3CM held by MARTIN J BERGER until Jun 13, 2025
 Granted
got W3FM

Others requesting W3FM

23 applications listed W3FM as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W3FMResult
Jun 3, 2015 Jun 21, 2015 KA3LKM · JOSEPH R LEONE · PHILADELPHIA, PA 2Dismissed Application dismissed
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 KG4FDR · MARK H WALKER · MOCKSVILLE, NC 1Dismissed Application dismissed
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 N3WWT · MICHAEL G SMITH · ROCKTON, PA 1Not granted They got W3NV (choice 2)
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 AF7QT · Akira Okubo · Portland, OR 2Granted Granted this call
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 AB3XD · Jacob A Stoffer · Oil City, PA 1Not granted They got KB3K (choice 7)
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 AF5TK · Billy D Wickliffe · Pryor, OK 4Not granted They got NK8D (choice 15)
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 AI4YP · Hiroto Hara · Aloha, OR 2Dismissed Application dismissed
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 KC8HZM · MARTEN T ROBERTS BEELS · LANSDALE, PA 2Dismissed Application dismissed
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 W0MOE · Maureen K Charette · Ignacio, CO 4Dismissed Application dismissed
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 AB3XN · Hiroshi Yokota · Bethesda, MD 2Not granted They got NN8H (choice 8)
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 WB2VZS · MATTHEW F JODZIEWICZ · LOS ANGELES, CA 2Not granted They got ND7MJ (choice 7)
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 KW4BO · Michael B Kibler · Jacksonville Beach, FL 3Not granted They got K2KM (choice 1)
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 KK6KVE · Richard J Leffler · Turlock, CA 1Not granted They got K8RU (choice 5)
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 W0JDJ · JOEL D JENSEN · MANKATO, MN 2Dismissed Application dismissed
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 WG3FU · Kenneth L Capasso · UNION CITY, PA 1Dismissed Application dismissed
May 26, 2015 Jun 13, 2015 KM4ADJ · MARTIN J BERGER · HILLSBOROUGH, NC 2Not granted They got W3CM (choice 1)
May 22, 2015 Jun 9, 2015 KB3VHB · STEVEN W MARTEL · SUSQUEHANNA, PA 2Dismissed Application dismissed
May 13, 2015 May 31, 2015 KC3ELZ · James M Myers II · Knoxville, MD 2Not granted They got KB3MM (choice 7)
Apr 28, 2015 May 16, 2015 KW4HO · Evan N Gilbert · Birmingham, AL 3Dismissed Application dismissed
Aug 25, 2014 Sep 12, 2014 KC3BXA · Francis J McGrath · Easton, PA 3Dismissed Application dismissed
Jul 31, 2000 Aug 18, 2000 KE3IF · ROGER A WEIBLEY · HATFIELD, PA 23Dismissed Application dismissed
May 17, 2000 Jun 4, 2000 KB8OS · JAMES P FELIX · HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 17Not granted They got W3OS (choice 1)
Apr 24, 2000 May 12, 2000 KB8OS · JAMES P FELIX · HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 16Dismissed Application dismissed

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W3FM in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W3FM beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 miles

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