N9TPB FCC License Search

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W8RPE HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 15, 2011.

1x3 call: Technician, General, Advanced and Amateur Extra licensees can request it. No pending applications list it.

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Mar 15, 2011

Previous holder: RONALD P EMERSON

Held W8RPE Oct 14, 2006 → Mar 14, 2009 · first licensed as WO8J · 5 licenses · FRN 0003340965

📦 Moved: Zeeland, MI → Holland, MI

WD8T Active Amateur Extra · vanity Mar 14, 2009 → expires Mar 14, 2029

Licensee
RONALD P EMERSON

Address
Attn: Ronald P. Emerson
517 Rose Park Drive
Holland, MI 49424
42.8176, -86.1313 (street) · Grid EN62wt · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0003340965

Previous call
W8RPE (Advanced)

Last granted
Dec 29, 2018

Effective
Dec 29, 2018

Last action
Dec 29, 2018
FCC actions (4)
- Dec 29, 2018 — License renewed LIREN
- Jun 30, 2015 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Mar 14, 2009 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Mar 14, 2009 — License issued LIISS
W8RPE Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Oct 14, 2006 → Mar 14, 2009 (canceled)

Licensee
RONALD P EMERSON

Address
Attn: Ronald P. Emerson
3290 Hillcrest Way
Zeeland, MI 49464
42.8448, -85.9848 (ZIP center) · Grid EN72au · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0003340965

Previous call
W9RPE (Advanced)

Last granted
Oct 14, 2006

Effective
Oct 30, 2007

Last action
Mar 14, 2009
FCC actions (3)
- Mar 14, 2009 — License canceled LICAN
- Oct 14, 2006 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Oct 14, 2006 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: Valparaiso, IN → Zeeland, MI

W9RPE Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity Oct 11, 2003 → Oct 14, 2006 (canceled)

Licensee
RONALD P EMERSON

Address
Attn: Ronald P. Emerson
3290 Hillcrest Way
Zeeland, MI 49464
42.8448, -85.9848 (ZIP center) · Grid EN72au · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0003340965

Previous call
KB9E (Advanced)

Last granted
Oct 11, 2003

Effective
Sep 27, 2006

Last action
Nov 22, 2006
FCC actions (4)
- Oct 14, 2006 — License canceled LICAN
- Sep 27, 2006 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Oct 11, 2003 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Oct 11, 2003 — License issued LIISS
📦 Moved: , None → Valparaiso, IN

KB9E Canceled Amateur Extra · vanity May 21, 1999 → Oct 11, 2003 (canceled)

Licensee
RONALD P EMERSON

Address
418 SABLE DRIVE
VALPARAISO, IN 46385
41.4644, -87.1241 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61kl · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0003340965

Previous call
WO8J (Advanced)

Last granted
May 21, 1999

Effective
May 21, 1999

Last action
Oct 11, 2003
FCC actions (1)
- Oct 11, 2003 — License canceled LICAN
WO8J Canceled Amateur Extra → May 21, 1999 (canceled)

Licensee
RONALD P EMERSON

Address

Last granted

Effective

Last action
Mar 18, 2026

Address history

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

Seen Aug 2, 2015 → Sep 27, 2026 · 32 snapshots · as WD8T
RONALD P EMERSON
Attn: Ronald P. Emerson
517 Rose Park Drive, Holland, MI 49424
42.8176, -86.1313 (street) · Grid EN62wt · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Sep 27, 2026 · 106 snapshots · as W9RPE
RONALD P EMERSON
Attn: Ronald P. Emerson
3290 Hillcrest Way, Zeeland, MI 49464
42.8448, -85.9848 (ZIP center) · Grid EN72au · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as WO8J
RONALD P EMERSON
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as KB9E
RONALD P EMERSON
418 SABLE DRIVE, VALPARAISO, IN 46385
41.4644, -87.1241 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61kl · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W8RPE

1 application listed W8RPE as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Sep 26, 2006	Oct 14, 2006	W9RPE · RONALD P EMERSON · Zeeland, MI	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

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