N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 2, 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

W3WIP HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 11, 2020.

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 · 2 holders on record · available since Feb 11, 2020

Previous holder: Jon L Whipple

Held W3WIP Dec 24, 2016 → Feb 10, 2018 · first licensed Dec 6, 2016 as KI7JAB · 3 licenses · FRN 0026081430

W7WIP Active Technician · vanity Feb 10, 2018 → expires Feb 10, 2028

Licensee
Jon L Whipple

Address
560 Holcomb Ranch Lane
Reno, NV 89511
39.4438, -119.7814 (street) · Grid DM09ck · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0026081430

Previous call
W3WIP

Last granted
Feb 10, 2018

Effective
Feb 10, 2018

Last action
Feb 10, 2018
FCC actions (2)
- Feb 10, 2018 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Feb 10, 2018 — License issued LIISS
W3WIP Canceled Technician · vanity Dec 24, 2016 → Feb 10, 2018 (canceled)

Licensee
Jon L Whipple

Address
560 Holcomb Ranch Lane
Reno, NV 89511
39.4438, -119.7814 (street) · Grid DM09ck · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0026081430

Previous call
KI7JAB

Last granted
Dec 24, 2016

Effective
Dec 24, 2016

Last action
Feb 10, 2018
FCC actions (3)
- Feb 10, 2018 — License canceled LICAN
- Dec 24, 2016 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Dec 24, 2016 — License issued LIISS
KI7JAB Canceled Technician Dec 6, 2016 → Dec 24, 2016 (canceled)

Licensee
Jon L Whipple

Address
560 Holcomb Ranch Lane
Reno, NV 89511
39.4438, -119.7814 (street) · Grid DM09ck · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0026081430

Last granted
Dec 6, 2016

Effective
Dec 6, 2016

Last action
Dec 24, 2016
FCC actions (3)
- Dec 24, 2016 — License canceled LICAN
- Dec 6, 2016 — License issued LIISS
- Dec 6, 2016 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT

Address history

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

Seen Dec 18, 2016 → Sep 27, 2026 · 61 snapshots · as KI7JAB
Jon L Whipple
560 Holcomb Ranch Lane, Reno, NV 89511
39.4438, -119.7814 (street) · Grid DM09ck · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

Previous holder: WALTER J GERVEL

Held W3WIP Mar 25, 1997 → Mar 25, 2007 · first licensed Mar 25, 1997 as W3WIP · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

W3WIP Expired Advanced Mar 25, 1997 → Mar 25, 2007 (expired)

Licensee
WALTER J GERVEL

Address
432 W NEW YORK ST
SHENANDOAH, PA 17976
40.8199, -76.2105 (ZIP center) · Grid FN10vt · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Mar 25, 1997

Effective
Mar 25, 1997

Last action
Mar 26, 2009
FCC actions (1)
- Mar 26, 2009 — License expired LIEXP

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as W3WIP
WALTER J GERVEL
432 W NEW YORK ST, SHENANDOAH, PA 17976
40.8199, -76.2105 (ZIP center) · Grid FN10vt · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W3WIP

1 application listed W3WIP as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Dec 6, 2016	Dec 24, 2016	KI7JAB · Jon L Whipple · Reno, NV	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W3WIP in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W3WIP beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.