N9TPB
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HAMs within 5 miles of N9TPB · Extra class operators in Madison, WI · or try N9TPB · K9* wildcards · Smith, John · 0004797601 (FRN) · 53703 · Madison, WIW4BFM HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 8, 2004.
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 Mar 8, 2004
Previous holder: BENJAMIN F MELVIN
Held W4BFM Sep 22, 2001 → Mar 7, 2002 · first licensed Jan 4, 1994 as WB4FUT · 3 licenses · FRN 0005368212
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- Licensee
- BENJAMIN F MELVIN
- Address
- 902 HENRY ST
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC 28086
- FRN
- 0005368212
- Previous call
- W4BFM (General)
- Last granted
- Jan 26, 2022
- Effective
- Jan 26, 2022
- Last action
- Jan 26, 2022
FCC actions (4)
- Jan 26, 2022 — License renewed LIREN
- Dec 31, 2011 — License renewed LIREN
- Mar 7, 2002 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Mar 7, 2002 — License issued LIISS
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- Licensee
- BENJAMIN F MELVIN
- Address
- 902 HENRY ST
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC 28086
- FRN
- 0005368212
- Previous call
- WB4FUT (General)
- Last granted
- Sep 22, 2001
- Effective
- Nov 5, 2001
- Last action
- Mar 7, 2002
FCC actions (4)
- Mar 7, 2002 — License canceled LICAN
- Nov 5, 2001 — License modified LIMOD
- Sep 22, 2001 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Sep 22, 2001 — License issued LIISS
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- Licensee
- BENJAMIN F MELVIN
- Address
- 902 HENRY ST
KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC 28086
- FRN
- 0005368212
- Last granted
- Jan 4, 1994
- Effective
- Jan 4, 1994
- Last action
- Sep 22, 2001
FCC actions (1)
- Sep 22, 2001 — License canceled LICAN
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 · 144 snapshots · as WB4FUT
BENJAMIN F MELVIN
902 HENRY ST, KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC 28086
Others requesting W4BFM
9 applications listed W4BFM as a choice, newest first.
| Filed | Award | Applicant | Choice # | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2024 | Jan 18, 2025 | KQ4TJS · Aureliano Basso · Midlothian, VA | 9 | Granted |
| Aug 1, 2024 | Aug 19, 2024 | KQ4TJS · Aureliano Basso · Midlothian, VA | 9 | Dismissed |
| Oct 20, 2022 | Nov 7, 2022 | KO4RLQ · Frank Milo · Kissimmee, FL | 8 | Granted |
| Mar 4, 2022 | Mar 22, 2022 | KO4VYU · Timothy A Jackson · Fort Myers, FL | 6 | Granted |
| Jan 18, 2022 | Feb 5, 2022 | KO4VTT · Robert M Ness · TEQUESTA, FL | 10 | Granted |
| Jul 22, 2021 | Aug 9, 2021 | KE4DZV · Johnny G Tucker · CULLMAN, AL | 3 | Granted |
| Jul 9, 2013 | Jul 27, 2013 | KD4DHB · CHARLES L LAMBERT · SWAINSBORO, GA | 11 | Granted |
| Sep 4, 2001 | Sep 22, 2001 | WB4FUT · BENJAMIN F MELVIN · KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC | 1 | Granted |
| Feb 26, 2001 | Mar 16, 2001 | KG4LEM · Joseph R Moyer · Chickamauga, GA | 3 | Granted |
📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W4BFM in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W4BFM beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.