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

W9LIF HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Jan 29, 2009.

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 Jan 29, 2009

Previous holder: PAUL A BORTER

Held W9LIF Jan 28, 1997 → Jan 28, 2007 · first licensed Jan 28, 1997 as W9LIF · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

W9LIF Expired Advanced Jan 28, 1997 → Jan 28, 2007 (expired)

Licensee
PAUL A BORTER

Address
ON 486 PLEASANT HILL RD
WHEATON, IL 60187
41.8727, -88.1124 (ZIP center) · Grid EN51wu · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Jan 28, 1997

Effective
Jan 28, 1997

Last action
Jan 29, 2009
FCC actions (1)
- Jan 29, 2009 — License expired LIEXP

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 W9LIF
PAUL A BORTER
ON 486 PLEASANT HILL RD, WHEATON, IL 60187
41.8727, -88.1124 (ZIP center) · Grid EN51wu · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W9LIF

2 applications listed W9LIF as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jun 25, 2018	Jul 13, 2018	KC0KII · David A Cross Jr · St Cloud, FL	8	Granted
Jan 17, 2017	Feb 4, 2017	KJ9KJS · Kevin J Schmitt · East Peoria, IL	5	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9LIF in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9LIF beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.