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, WIW4ORB HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 1, 2003.
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 Jan 1, 2003
Previous holder: MELVIN O JOHNSON
Held W4ORB Dec 31, 1990 → Dec 31, 2000 · first licensed Dec 31, 1990 as W4ORB · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)
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- Licensee
- MELVIN O JOHNSON
- Address
- PO Box 1236
SILVER CITY, NM 88062
- Last granted
- Dec 31, 1990
- Effective
- Dec 31, 1990
- Last action
- Jan 1, 2003
FCC actions (1)
- Jan 1, 2003 — 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 W4ORB
MELVIN O JOHNSON
PO Box 1236
SILVER CITY, NM 88062
Others requesting W4ORB
6 applications listed W4ORB as a choice, newest first.
| Filed | Award | Applicant | Choice # | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 2022 | Nov 11, 2022 | KO4PYL · Dillon R Orbon · Pittsboro, NC | 4 | Granted |
| Sep 17, 2021 | Oct 5, 2021 | KO4TJF · SEDRECK A RANDOLPH · WOODBRIDGE, VA | 7 | Granted |
| Jan 7, 2010 | Jan 25, 2010 | KJ4QEE · PETER H DONOVAN · THOMASVILLE, GA | 13 | Granted |
| Aug 21, 2007 | Sep 8, 2007 | KE4UQB · OLLIE R BLACK · GREENVILLE, NC | 2 | Granted |
| Jul 16, 2003 | Aug 3, 2003 | KE4ORB · Lyle B Haney · De Funiak Springs, FL | 15 | Granted |
| May 23, 2003 | Jun 10, 2003 | KA2PLR · Richard K Spargur · Woodbridge, VA | 12 | Dismissed |
📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W4ORB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W4ORB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.