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

W4AVN HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 23, 2019.

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 Sep 23, 2019

Previous holder: Richard D Hofler

Held W4AVN Jan 18, 2001 → Sep 22, 2017 · first licensed Jan 18, 2001 as W4AVN · 1 license · FRN 0003210861

W4AVN Expired Amateur Extra Jan 18, 2001 → Sep 22, 2017 (expired)

Licensee
Richard D Hofler

Address
16 Turner Ter
Hampton, VA 23666
37.0570, -76.4081 (ZIP center) · Grid FM17tb · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0003210861

Last granted
Aug 25, 2007

Effective
Aug 25, 2007

Last action
Sep 24, 2019
FCC actions (3)
- Sep 24, 2019 — License expired LIEXP
- Aug 25, 2007 — License renewed LIREN
- Jan 18, 2001 — License modified LIMOD

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 W4AVN
Richard D Hofler
16 Turner Ter, Hampton, VA 23666
37.0570, -76.4081 (ZIP center) · Grid FM17tb · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W4AVN

3 applications listed W4AVN as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Mar 17, 2026	Apr 4, 2026	KR4KOG · Randy W Capo · St Augustine, FL	24	Granted
Dec 20, 2019	Jan 7, 2020	KD4ECW · GEORGE S BAIN · ACWORTH, GA	5	Granted
Dec 28, 2015	Jan 15, 2016	KJ4FWN · William W Burgner Jr · Orlando, FL	20	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W4AVN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W4AVN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.