N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 8:30 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 1, 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

W4AFN HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Nov 19, 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 · 1 holder on record · available since Nov 19, 2020

Previous holder: HARRY WHITCOMB

Held W4AFN Feb 13, 2008 → Nov 18, 2018 · first licensed as WA4BVS · 2 licenses · FRN 0003712304

📦 Moved: , None → Haines City, FL

W4AFN Expired General · vanity Feb 13, 2008 → Nov 18, 2018 (expired)

Licensee
HARRY WHITCOMB

Address
1701 Commerce Av 96
Haines City, FL 33844-3214
28.0896, -81.5894 (ZIP center) · Grid EL98ec · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0003712304

Previous call
WA4BVS

Last granted
Aug 29, 2008

Effective
Aug 29, 2008

Last action
Nov 20, 2020
FCC actions (4)
- Nov 20, 2020 — License expired LIEXP
- Aug 29, 2008 — License renewed LIREN
- Feb 14, 2008 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Feb 13, 2008 — FCC action ESCFRN
WA4BVS Canceled General → Nov 18, 1998 (canceled)

Licensee
HARRY WHITCOMB

Address

Last granted

Effective

Last action

Address history

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

Seen May 27, 2010 → Sep 27, 2026 · 46 snapshots · as W4AFN
HARRY WHITCOMB
1701 Commerce Av 96, Haines City, FL 33844-3214
28.0896, -81.5894 (ZIP center) · Grid EL98ec · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as WA4BVS
HARRY WHITCOMB
Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as W4AFN
HARRY WHITCOMB
330 GREYSTONE DR, HENDERSONVILLE, NC 28792-9173
35.3944, -82.3684 (ZIP center) · Grid EM85tj · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W4AFN

9 applications listed W4AFN as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Apr 27, 2026	May 15, 2026	KR4LJL · Christopher R Handisides · Atlanta, GA	24	Granted
Dec 1, 2025	Dec 19, 2025	KJ4NLR · William E Walter · FORSYTH, GA	4	Granted
Aug 13, 2025	Aug 31, 2025	KR4FXX · John F Etuale · Clarksville, TN	3	Granted
Jan 27, 2025	Feb 14, 2025	KF0OSI · Jack Lynn · Aurora, CO	8	Granted
Dec 4, 2024	Dec 22, 2024	KQ4ZFG · Sheldon D Wright · Pensacola, FL	3	Granted
May 30, 2023	Jun 17, 2023	KQ4IUM · MICHAEL J OSHINSKI · CHARLOTTE, NC	4	Granted
Apr 11, 2022	Apr 29, 2022	KO4YUG · Gabriel N Lawrence · Union, KY	20	Granted
Mar 10, 2022	Mar 28, 2022	AA8US · ANTHONY S LAKE · Troy, AL	3	Granted
Jul 22, 2021	Aug 9, 2021	KE4DZV · Johnny G Tucker · CULLMAN, AL	4	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W4AFN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W4AFN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.