N9TPB FCC License Search

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W3PKW HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since May 29, 2026.

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 May 29, 2026

Previous holder: Preston K Wilberger

Held W3PKW May 28, 2004 → May 28, 2024 · first licensed Dec 10, 1996 as WB3IKB · 2 licenses · FRN 0008469496

W3PKW Expired Technician · vanity May 28, 2004 → May 28, 2024 (expired)

Licensee
Preston K Wilberger

Address
20 View Dr. SE
Rome, GA 30161
34.2362, -85.1740 (ZIP center) · Grid EM74jf · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0008469496

Previous call
WB3IKB (Technician Plus)

Last granted
Mar 6, 2014

Effective
Mar 6, 2014

Last action
May 29, 2026
FCC actions (5)
- May 29, 2026 — License expired LIEXP
- Mar 6, 2014 — License renewed LIREN
- Oct 25, 2005 — Administrative update LIAUA
- May 28, 2004 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- May 28, 2004 — License issued LIISS
WB3IKB Canceled Technician Plus Dec 10, 1996 → May 28, 2004 (canceled)

Licensee
PRESTON K WILBERGER

Address
20 View Drive S.E.
Rome, GA 30161
34.2362, -85.1740 (ZIP center) · Grid EM74jf · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0008469496

Last granted
Dec 10, 1996

Effective
Feb 20, 2003

Last action
May 28, 2004
FCC actions (2)
- May 28, 2004 — License canceled LICAN
- Feb 20, 2003 — License modified LIMOD

Address history

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

Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 4, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as W3PKW
Preston K Wilberger
20 View Dr. SE, Rome, GA 30161
34.2362, -85.1740 (ZIP center) · Grid EM74jf · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as WB3IKB
PRESTON K WILBERGER
20 View Drive S.E., Rome, GA 30161
34.2362, -85.1740 (ZIP center) · Grid EM74jf · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as W3PKW
Preston K Wilberger
Attn: PMB# 2891
PO Box 2430
Pensacola, FL 32513

Others requesting W3PKW

2 applications listed W3PKW as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jul 14, 2026	Aug 1, 2026	KF0ZDE · Paul K Wilson · Wichita, KS	18	Granted
May 10, 2004	May 28, 2004	WB3IKB · Preston K Wilberger · Pensacola, FL	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W3PKW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W3PKW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.