N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated today 8:30 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 1, 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

W9FRE HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 6, 2026.

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 6, 2026

Previous holder: DAVID R TANCIG

Held W9FRE Jul 9, 2003 → Mar 5, 2024 · first licensed Aug 23, 2001 as AB9DB · 2 licenses · FRN 0005290069

📦 Moved: Le Roy, IL → Columbia, SC

W9FRE Expired Amateur Extra · vanity Jul 9, 2003 → Mar 5, 2024 (expired)

Licensee
DAVID R TANCIG

Address
1086 Pavilion Towers
Columbia, SC 29201
33.9825, -81.0281 (ZIP center) · Grid EM93lx · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0005290069

Previous call
AB9DB

Last granted
Nov 23, 2013

Effective
Nov 23, 2013

Last action
Mar 6, 2026
FCC actions (4)
- Mar 6, 2026 — License expired LIEXP
- Nov 23, 2013 — License renewed LIREN
- Jul 9, 2003 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jul 9, 2003 — License issued LIISS
AB9DB Canceled Amateur Extra Aug 23, 2001 → Jul 9, 2003 (canceled)

Licensee
DAVID R TANCIG

Address
411 SUNSET DR
LE ROY, IL 61752
40.3371, -88.7617 (ZIP center) · Grid EN50oi · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0005290069

Last granted
Aug 23, 2001

Effective
Aug 23, 2001

Last action
Jul 9, 2003
FCC actions (2)
- Jul 9, 2003 — License canceled LICAN
- Aug 23, 2001 — License issued LIISS

Address history

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

Seen Mar 28, 2014 → Sep 27, 2026 · 37 snapshots · as W9FRE
DAVID R TANCIG
1086 Pavilion Towers, Columbia, SC 29201
33.9825, -81.0281 (ZIP center) · Grid EM93lx · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 47 snapshots · as AB9DB
DAVID R TANCIG
411 SUNSET DR, LE ROY, IL 61752
40.3371, -88.7617 (ZIP center) · Grid EN50oi · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 22, 2013 · 10 snapshots · as W9FRE
DAVID R TANCIG
PO Box 172
RIVER FALLS, WI 54022
44.8469, -92.6111 (ZIP center) · Grid EN34qu · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting W9FRE

3 applications listed W9FRE as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Oct 21, 2016	Nov 8, 2016	KC9BPG · JEFFREY P SEIDEL · CHADWICK, IL	2	Granted
Jun 20, 2003	Jul 8, 2003	AB9DB · DAVID R TANCIG · RIVER FALLS, WI	1	Granted
Apr 14, 2003	May 2, 2003	AB9DB · DAVID R TANCIG · RIVER FALLS, WI	1	Dismissed

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9FRE in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9FRE beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.