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

W3VIN HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 29, 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 Jul 29, 2017

Previous holder: Willard B Sheldon

Held W3VIN Nov 30, 1999 → Jul 28, 2015 · first licensed Nov 30, 1999 as W3VIN · 1 license · FRN 0002164085

W3VIN Expired Advanced Nov 30, 1999 → Jul 28, 2015 (expired)

Licensee
Willard B Sheldon

Address
1304 Rhawn St Apt 421
Philadelphia, PA 19111
40.0606, -75.0802 (ZIP center) · Grid FN20lb · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0002164085

Last granted
May 5, 2005

Effective
May 5, 2005

Last action
Jul 29, 2017
FCC actions (3)
- Jul 29, 2017 — License expired LIEXP
- May 5, 2005 — License renewed LIREN
- Nov 30, 1999 — Administrative update LIAUA

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 W3VIN
WILLARD B SHELDON
1304 RHAWN ST APT 421, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19111
40.0606, -75.0802 (ZIP center) · Grid FN20lb · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W3VIN

3 applications listed W3VIN as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Sep 16, 2025	Oct 4, 2025	KO6HUI · Gavin Rossi · Boston, MA	3	Granted
Sep 24, 2024	Oct 12, 2024	KC3ZVH · Scott Vincent · East Petersburg, PA	5	Granted
Jul 28, 2015	Aug 15, 2015	KC2LSN · Vincent Caruso Jr · Bangor, PA	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W3VIN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W3VIN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.