N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 9:42 am CDT (FCC files through Sep 30, 2026) · next update tomorrow 9:15 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

W4FTR HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 10, 2019.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Oct 10, 2019

Previous holder: JOHN R SHIREK

Held W4FTR Aug 4, 2007 → Oct 9, 2017 · first licensed Aug 4, 2007 as W4FTR · 1 license · FRN 0002260792

W4FTR Expired Amateur Extra Aug 4, 2007 → Oct 9, 2017 (expired)

Licensee
JOHN R SHIREK

Address
PO Box 568831
ORLANDO, FL 32856-8831

FRN
0002260792

Last granted
Aug 4, 2007

Effective
Aug 4, 2007

Last action
Oct 10, 2019
FCC actions (2)
- Oct 10, 2019 — License expired LIEXP
- Aug 4, 2007 — License renewed LIREN

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 W4FTR
JOHN R SHIREK
PO Box 568831
ORLANDO, FL 32856-8831

Others requesting W4FTR

4 applications listed W4FTR as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Mar 17, 2025	Apr 4, 2025	W4FAY · Michael P Patterson · Milton, FL	2	Granted
Feb 24, 2025	Mar 14, 2025	KQ4WPN · Michael P Patterson · Milton, FL	2	Granted
Sep 19, 2023	Oct 7, 2023	KQ4LJW · Samuel D Foster · Sebring, FL	5	Granted
Jul 19, 2022	Aug 6, 2022	KQ4CBU · Elliott W Liu · Sneads Ferry, NC	11	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W4FTR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W4FTR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.