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

W4YIU HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 22, 2016.

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 · 2 holders on record · available since Jan 22, 2016

Previous holder: WESTERN PIEDMONT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

Held W4YIU Jan 21, 2004 → Jan 21, 2014 · first licensed Feb 1, 1999 as K4VLY · 2 licenses · FRN 0003820222

📦 Moved: Morganton, NC → Hickory, NC

W4YIU Expired Club / other · vanity Jan 21, 2004 → Jan 21, 2014 (expired)

Licensee
WESTERN PIEDMONT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

Address
Attn: ELMER E FULBRIGHT
342 23rd St SW
Hickory, NC 28602
35.6735, -81.3826 (ZIP center) · Grid EM95hq · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0003820222

Previous call
K4VLY

Trustee
KC4FM

Last granted
Jan 21, 2004

Effective
Nov 28, 2005

Last action
Jan 22, 2016
FCC actions (4)
- Jan 22, 2016 — License expired LIEXP
- Nov 28, 2005 — License modified LIMOD
- Jan 21, 2004 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jan 21, 2004 — License issued LIISS
K4VLY Canceled Club / other Feb 1, 1999 → Jan 21, 2004 (canceled)

Licensee
WESTERN PIEDMONT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB

Address
125 STEPHENS RD
MORGANTON, NC 28655
35.7633, -81.7499 (ZIP center) · Grid EM95ds · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0003820222

Trustee
KE4RCF

Last granted
Feb 1, 1999

Effective
Feb 1, 1999

Last action
Jan 21, 2004
FCC actions (1)
- Jan 21, 2004 — License canceled LICAN

Address history

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

Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 4, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as W4YIU
WESTERN PIEDMONT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
Attn: ELMER E FULBRIGHT
342 23rd St SW, Hickory, NC 28602
35.6735, -81.3826 (ZIP center) · Grid EM95hq · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 49 snapshots · as K4VLY
WESTERN PIEDMONT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB
125 STEPHENS RD, MORGANTON, NC 28655
35.7633, -81.7499 (ZIP center) · Grid EM95ds · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Previous holder: REGINALD M HEFNER

Held W4YIU Jan 16, 1997 → May 28, 2003 · first licensed Jan 16, 1997 as W4YIU · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

W4YIU Canceled Advanced Jan 16, 1997 → May 28, 2003 (canceled)

Licensee
REGINALD M HEFNER

Address
5066 MINERAL SPRINGS MOUNTAIN AVE
VALDESE, NC 28690
35.7327, -81.5742 (ZIP center) · Grid EM95fr · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Jan 16, 1997

Effective
Jan 16, 1997

Last action
Nov 26, 2003
FCC actions (2)
- Nov 26, 2003 — Record corrected COR
- Nov 26, 2003 — Record corrected COR

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as W4YIU
REGINALD M HEFNER
5066 MINERAL SPRINGS MOUNTAIN AVE, VALDESE, NC 28690
35.7327, -81.5742 (ZIP center) · Grid EM95fr · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W4YIU

1 application listed W4YIU as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jan 2, 2004	Jan 20, 2004	K4VLY · WESTERN PIEDMONT AMATEUR RADIO CLUB · MORGANTON, NC	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W4YIU in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W4YIU beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.