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

W5LAP HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 30, 2018.

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 30, 2018

Previous holder: Paul S Lapczynski

Held W5LAP Nov 3, 2015 → Mar 29, 2016 · first licensed Oct 26, 2006 as KD8EMR · 3 licenses · FRN 0015601008

📦 Moved: Chillicothe, OH → Lancaster, OH

N8PSL Active General · vanity Mar 29, 2016 → expires Mar 29, 2036

Licensee
Paul S Lapczynski

Address
Attn: Paul Lapczynski
646 Marquette Dr NE
Lancaster, OH 43130
39.7831, -82.5842 (street) · Grid EM89qs · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0015601008

Previous call
W5LAP (Technician)

Last granted
Dec 30, 2025

Effective
Dec 30, 2025

Last action
Dec 30, 2025
FCC actions (6)
- Dec 30, 2025 — License renewed LIREN
- Nov 27, 2025 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Mar 27, 2025 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Dec 24, 2021 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Mar 29, 2016 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Mar 29, 2016 — License issued LIISS
W5LAP Canceled General · vanity Nov 3, 2015 → Mar 29, 2016 (canceled)

Licensee
Paul S Lapczynski

Address
1529 Mingo Rd
Chillicothe, OH 45601
39.3121, -82.9571 (ZIP center) · Grid EM89mh · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0015601008

Previous call
KD8EMR (Technician)

Last granted
Nov 3, 2015

Effective
Nov 3, 2015

Last action
Mar 29, 2016
FCC actions (3)
- Mar 29, 2016 — License canceled LICAN
- Nov 3, 2015 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Nov 3, 2015 — License issued LIISS
KD8EMR Canceled General Oct 26, 2006 → Nov 3, 2015 (canceled)

Licensee
Paul S Lapczynski

Address
1529 Mingo Rd
Chillicothe, OH 45601
39.3121, -82.9571 (ZIP center) · Grid EM89mh · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0015601008

Last granted
Oct 26, 2006

Effective
Oct 1, 2007

Last action
Nov 3, 2015
FCC actions (4)
- Nov 3, 2015 — License canceled LICAN
- Oct 1, 2007 — License modified LIMOD
- Oct 26, 2006 — License issued LIISS
- Oct 26, 2006 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT

Address history

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

Seen Sep 27, 2026 · 1 snapshot · as N8PSL
Paul S Lapczynski
Attn: Paul Lapczynski
646 Marquette Dr NE, Lancaster, OH 43130
39.7831, -82.5842 (street) · Grid EM89qs · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Sep 27, 2026 · 89 snapshots · as KD8EMR
Paul S Lapczynski
1529 Mingo Rd, Chillicothe, OH 45601
39.3121, -82.9571 (ZIP center) · Grid EM89mh · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Apr 25, 2025 → Sep 25, 2025 · 3 snapshots · as N8PSL
Paul S Lapczynski
Attn: Paul Lapczynski
59 Limestone Blvd, Chillicothe, OH 45601
39.3121, -82.9571 (ZIP center) · Grid EM89mh · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Apr 16, 2022 → Mar 13, 2025 · 8 snapshots · as N8PSL
Paul S Lapczynski
Attn: Paul Lapczynski
1340 S Vermont Ave, Wellston, OH 45692
39.1158, -82.5420 (ZIP center) · Grid EM89rc · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W5LAP

4 applications listed W5LAP as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Apr 18, 2022	May 6, 2022	KI5UQM · Jeffrey T Fayard II · Diberville, MS	2	Granted
Oct 15, 2015	Nov 2, 2015	KD8EMR · Paul S Lapczynski · Chillicothe, OH	1	Granted
Jul 26, 2000	Aug 13, 2000	KA6NLO · LEE ANNE PHILLIPS · OAKLAND, CA	9	Granted
Jul 20, 2000	Aug 7, 2000	KB5RZL · DANIEL R WISDOM · DEL RIO, TX	8	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W5LAP in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W5LAP beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.