N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 2, 2026) · next update today 8:30 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

W4MBE HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Feb 23, 2008.

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 Feb 23, 2008

Previous holder: MELVIN L DUKE

Held W4MBE Feb 22, 1996 → Feb 22, 2006 · first licensed Feb 22, 1996 as W4MBE · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

W4MBE Expired Advanced Feb 22, 1996 → Feb 22, 2006 (expired)

Licensee
MELVIN L DUKE

Address
4911 TANDEM DR
RICHMOND, VA 23234
37.4528, -77.4665 (ZIP center) · Grid FM17gk · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Feb 22, 1996

Effective
Feb 22, 1996

Last action
Feb 23, 2008
FCC actions (1)
- Feb 23, 2008 — License expired LIEXP

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 W4MBE
MELVIN L DUKE
4911 TANDEM DR, RICHMOND, VA 23234
37.4528, -77.4665 (ZIP center) · Grid FM17gk · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W4MBE

3 applications listed W4MBE as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jul 18, 2024	Aug 5, 2024	KQ4OTO · Michael S Baricevich · Hendersonville, TN	7	Granted
Sep 7, 2023	Sep 25, 2023	KQ4IQB · Jay M Sanchez · Norfolk, VA	5	Granted
May 7, 2018	May 25, 2018	KN4MAQ · Michael L Bosworth · Vienna, VA	9	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W4MBE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W4MBE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.