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)W3GVB HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jun 17, 2016.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it.
No pending applications list it.
Last requested Jun 20, 2019 as choice 2: not granted, that applicant got W6GJW instead.
Last requested Jun 20, 2019 as choice 2: not granted, that applicant got W6GJW instead.
📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH
Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Jun 17, 2016
Previous holder: Gilbert Velez Borrero
Held W3GVB Jun 16, 2004 → Jun 16, 2014
· first licensed Oct 20, 1992 as W3YYO
· 2 licenses · FRN 0007754070
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1968 as W3YYO, before the FCC's online records
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- Licensee
- Gilbert Velez Borrero
- Address
- 7804 Revere St
Philadelphia, PA 19152-3412
- FRN
- 0007754070
- Previous call
- W3YYO
- Last granted
- Jun 16, 2004
- Effective
- Jun 25, 2007
- Last action
- Jun 17, 2016
FCC actions (4)
- Jun 17, 2016 — License expired LIEXP
- Jun 25, 2007 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Jun 16, 2004 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jun 16, 2004 — License issued LIISS
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- Licensee
- Gilbert Velez Borrero
- Address
- 5309 Oakland St
Philadelphia, PA 19124-1221
- FRN
- 0007754070
- Last granted
- Oct 3, 2002
- Effective
- Oct 3, 2002
- Last action
- Jun 16, 2004
FCC actions (3)
- Jun 16, 2004 — License canceled LICAN
- Oct 3, 2002 — License renewed LIREN
- Oct 3, 2002 — FCC action LITIN
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 Oct 25, 2002 → Apr 17, 2003 · 2 discs
W3YYO · Advanced · issued Oct 3, 2002, expires Oct 20, 2012
GILBERT VELEZ BORRERO
5309 OAKLAND ST, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19124-1221 - Seen Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 27, 2002 · 9 discs
W3YYO · Advanced · issued Oct 20, 1992, expires Oct 20, 2002
GILBERT VELEZ BORRERO
WPA; PO BOX 581, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19105 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs
W3YYO · Advanced · issued Oct 20, 1992, expires Oct 20, 2002
GILBERT VELEZ BORRERO
POB 581 WPA, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19105
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
W3GVB 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.
Others Requesting W3GVB
2 applications listed W3GVB as a choice, newest first.
| Filed | Award | Applicant | Choice # | W3GVB | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2019 | Jul 8, 2019 | KN4NMO · Gregory J Wagner · Vero Beach, FL | 2 | Not granted | They got W6GJW (choice 1) |
| May 26, 2004 | Jun 13, 2004 | W3YYO · Gilbert Velez Borrero · Philadelphia, PA | 1 | Granted | Granted this call |
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W3GVB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W3GVB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.