N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 2, 2026) · next update tomorrow 6:00 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

W4PLS HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 23, 2017.

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 23, 2017

Previous holder: William D Reed Jr

Held W4PLS Apr 21, 2003 → Mar 22, 2015 · first licensed Apr 21, 2003 as W4PLS · 1 license · FRN 0008828295

W4PLS Expired Amateur Extra Apr 21, 2003 → Mar 22, 2015 (expired)

Licensee
William D Reed Jr

Address
601 Vista Ave Apt 7
Roanoke, VA 24019
37.3439, -79.9545 (ZIP center) · Grid FM07ai · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0008828295

Last granted
Dec 23, 2004

Effective
Jun 2, 2008

Last action
Mar 24, 2017
FCC actions (5)
- Mar 24, 2017 — License expired LIEXP
- Jun 2, 2008 — License modified LIMOD
- Dec 23, 2004 — License renewed LIREN
- Apr 21, 2003 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Apr 21, 2003 — FCC action LITIN

Address history

From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.

Seen May 27, 2010 → Sep 27, 2026 · 46 snapshots · as W4PLS
William D Reed Jr
601 Vista Ave Apt 7, Roanoke, VA 24019
37.3439, -79.9545 (ZIP center) · Grid FM07ai · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 · 1 snapshot · as W4PLS
WILLIAM D REED JR
601 VISTA AVE APT #7, ROANOKE, VA 24019
37.3439, -79.9545 (ZIP center) · Grid FM07ai · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W4PLS

2 applications listed W4PLS as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Nov 19, 2024	Dec 7, 2024	KJ5IYH · Glen H Freeland · Houston, TX	8	Granted
Jun 24, 2024	Jul 12, 2024	KG4FQA · MICHAEL E REED · Elm City, NC	7	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W4PLS in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W4PLS beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.