N9TPB FCC License Search
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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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)

W4BVG HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 6, 2015.
1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.
Last requested Mar 17, 2003 as choice 1: granted.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 2 holders on record · available since Apr 6, 2015

Previous holder: Sophia M Rice

Held W4BVG Jan 6, 1984 → Apr 5, 2013 · first licensed Jan 6, 1984 as W4BVG · 2 licenses · FRN 0007916802
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1955 as W4BVG, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Previous holder: THOMAS J MOFFETT SR

Held W4BVG Jan 6, 1984 → Dec 27, 2002 · first licensed Jan 6, 1984 as W4BVG · 1 license · FRN 0005819941
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1955 as W4BVG, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Earlier Holders

W4BVG in the 1993–2003 Callbooks
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
W4BVG in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.

Others Requesting W4BVG

2 applications listed W4BVG as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #W4BVGResult
Mar 17, 2003 Apr 4, 2003 KG4VWH · Sophia M Rice · Gainesville, FL 1Granted Granted this call
Feb 11, 2003 Mar 1, 2003 KG4VWH · Sophia M Rice · Gainesville, FL 1Dismissed Application dismissed

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W4BVG in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W4BVG beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.