N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 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

W8ABF HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jul 4, 2019.

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 Jul 4, 2019

Previous holder: RICHARD LAYNE

Held W8ABF May 23, 2007 → Jul 3, 2017 · first licensed May 23, 2007 as W8ABF · 1 license · FRN 0016513558

W8ABF Expired Advanced May 23, 2007 → Jul 3, 2017 (expired)

Licensee
RICHARD LAYNE

Address
63905 N HWY 97
BEND, OR 97701
43.9977, -121.0342 (ZIP center) · Grid CN93lx · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0016513558

Last granted
May 23, 2007

Effective
May 23, 2007

Last action
Jul 4, 2019
FCC actions (3)
- Jul 4, 2019 — License expired LIEXP
- May 23, 2007 — License renewed LIREN
- May 23, 2007 — FCC action LITIN

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 W8ABF
RICHARD LAYNE
63905 N HWY 97, BEND, OR 97701
43.9977, -121.0342 (ZIP center) · Grid CN93lx · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

Others requesting W8ABF

4 applications listed W8ABF as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Sep 5, 2025	Sep 23, 2025	KF8EHE · William E Schlick · Farmington, MI	21	Granted
Sep 18, 2019	Oct 6, 2019	KE8MAJ · MICHAEL J CONDON · RICHMOND, MI	8	Granted
Apr 3, 2018	Apr 21, 2018	KE8JHG · John P Kruse · Marysville, OH	3	Granted
Jun 23, 2017	Jul 11, 2017	KM6LGP · Adam B Feder · Mountain View, CA	2	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8ABF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8ABF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.