N9TPB FCC License Search

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

W9MEN HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Apr 22, 2018.

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 · 2 holders on record · available since Apr 22, 2018

Previous holder: MERVIN E NIMBAR

Held W9MEN Apr 21, 2006 → Apr 21, 2016 · first licensed May 25, 2005 as KC9HRQ · 2 licenses · FRN 0013527486

📦 Moved: Prairie Du Chien, WI → Lacrosse, WI

W9MEN Expired General · vanity Apr 21, 2006 → Apr 21, 2016 (expired)

Licensee
MERVIN E NIMBAR

Address
2904 EAST AVE SOUTH
LACROSSE, WI 54601
43.8062, -91.1406 (ZIP center) · Grid EN43kt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0013527486

Previous call
KC9HRQ (Technician)

Last granted
Apr 21, 2006

Effective
Feb 14, 2011

Last action
Apr 24, 2018
FCC actions (5)
- Apr 24, 2018 — License expired LIEXP
- Feb 14, 2011 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Apr 2, 2008 — License modified LIMOD
- Apr 21, 2006 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Apr 21, 2006 — License issued LIISS
KC9HRQ Canceled Technician May 25, 2005 → Apr 21, 2006 (canceled)

Licensee
Mervin E Nimbar

Address
621 S Michigan
Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821-1921
43.0491, -91.0573 (ZIP center) · Grid EN43lb · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0013527486

Last granted
May 25, 2005

Effective
May 26, 2005

Last action
Apr 21, 2006
FCC actions (4)
- Apr 21, 2006 — License canceled LICAN
- May 26, 2005 — Administrative update LIAUA
- May 25, 2005 — License issued LIISS
- May 25, 2005 — Systematic call sign granted SYSGRT

Address history

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

Seen Oct 17, 2011 → Oct 4, 2026 · 46 snapshots · as W9MEN
MERVIN E NIMBAR
2904 EAST AVE SOUTH, LACROSSE, WI 54601
43.8062, -91.1406 (ZIP center) · Grid EN43kt · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗
Seen May 27, 2010 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as KC9HRQ
Mervin E Nimbar
621 S Michigan, Prairie Du Chien, WI 53821-1921
43.0491, -91.0573 (ZIP center) · Grid EN43lb · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Previous holder: LYLE H HOOVER

Held W9MEN Oct 25, 1988 → Oct 25, 1998 · first licensed Oct 25, 1988 as W9MEN · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

W9MEN Expired Advanced Oct 25, 1988 → Oct 25, 1998 (expired)

Licensee
LYLE H HOOVER

Address
322 PARK AVE
CLARENDON HILLS, IL 60514
41.7958, -87.9615 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61at · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Oct 25, 1988

Effective
Oct 25, 1988

Last action
Oct 26, 2000
FCC actions (1)
- Oct 26, 2000 — 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 → Oct 4, 2026 · 48 snapshots · as W9MEN
LYLE H HOOVER
322 PARK AVE, CLARENDON HILLS, IL 60514
41.7958, -87.9615 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61at · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting W9MEN

2 applications listed W9MEN as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Apr 3, 2006	Apr 21, 2006	KC9HRQ · Mervin E Nimbar · Prairie Du Chien, WI	1	Granted
Apr 22, 2002	May 10, 2002	AK9I · EMIL G BORYS JR · ROCKFORD, IL	4	Withdrawn

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for W9MEN in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of W9MEN beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.