N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 6:02 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 2, 2026) · next update today 8:30 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

W8DRB HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 23, 2010.

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 Apr 23, 2010

Previous holder: DONALD R BRABSON

Held W8DRB Apr 22, 1998 → Apr 22, 2008 · first licensed as KB8IJO · 2 licenses · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

📦 Moved: , None → Melvindale, MI

W8DRB Expired Technician · vanity Apr 22, 1998 → Apr 22, 2008 (expired)

Licensee
DONALD R BRABSON

Address
19096 WOOD ST
MELVINDALE, MI 48122
42.2786, -83.1823 (ZIP center) · Grid EN82jg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Previous call
KB8IJO (Technician Plus)

Last granted
Apr 22, 1998

Effective
Apr 22, 1998

Last action
Apr 23, 2010
FCC actions (2)
- Apr 23, 2010 — License expired LIEXP
- Jan 16, 2009 — Authorization printed AUTHPR
KB8IJO Canceled Technician Plus → Apr 22, 1998 (canceled)

Licensee
DONALD R BRABSON

Address

Last granted

Effective

Last action

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 KB8IJO
DONALD R BRABSON
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as W8DRB
DONALD R BRABSON
19096 WOOD ST, MELVINDALE, MI 48122
42.2786, -83.1823 (ZIP center) · Grid EN82jg · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W8DRB

1 application listed W8DRB as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jun 11, 2018	Jun 29, 2018	KN4MBH · David R Bender · Franklin, TN	9	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W8DRB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W8DRB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.