N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update today 7:15 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

W3VIJ HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 25, 2017.

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 Feb 25, 2017

Previous holder: Walter A Balchus

Held W3VIJ Dec 1, 2004 → Feb 24, 2015 · first licensed Dec 1, 2004 as W3VIJ · 1 license · FRN 0012237095

W3VIJ Expired Advanced Dec 1, 2004 → Feb 24, 2015 (expired)

Licensee
Walter A Balchus

Address
117 Sampson Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15205
40.4381, -80.1055 (ZIP center) · Grid EN90wk · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0012237095

Last granted
Dec 1, 2004

Effective
Dec 1, 2004

Last action
Feb 25, 2017
FCC actions (3)
- Feb 25, 2017 — License expired LIEXP
- Dec 1, 2004 — FCC action LITIN
- Dec 1, 2004 — License renewed LIREN

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 W3VIJ
WALTER A BALCHUS
117 SAMPSON AVE, PITTSBURGH, PA 15205
40.4381, -80.1055 (ZIP center) · Grid EN90wk · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W3VIJ

1 application listed W3VIJ as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Sep 11, 2023	Sep 29, 2023	KG6GUB · Vijay Balakrishnan · Mountain View, CA	2	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W3VIJ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W3VIJ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.