N9TPB FCC License Search
🕒 FCC license data updated today 7:15 am CST (FCC files through Nov 4, 2026) · next update today 8:30 am CST
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 · old CB calls like KHC1939 or 18Q3518 (1962–63 CB call books) · (205) 546-1767 (1990s CB directory phones)

WA0TFB HAM

Amateur Extra class licensed since 1985 (41 yrs) WA0TFB since 1999 · previously WB9VSN Kalaheo, HI Grid BL01fv 24 repeaters within 50 mi
🔒 Not available — currently licensed, through Oct 30, 2029. If it isn't renewed, it opens for vanity requests Oct 31, 2031.

📬 QSL: no LoTW uploads on record · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

📝 WA0TFB has filed vanity applications before — latest filed Aug 23, 1999 · what was requested

Currently held by Gary A Appel · 1 holder on record

Current holder: Gary A Appel

Held WA0TFB Oct 30, 1999 → present · first licensed May 24, 1985 as WB9VSN · 2 licenses · FRN 0002276590
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1970 as WA0TFB, before the FCC's online records

Callbook Records, 1993–2003
From the FCC amateur database as published on the QRZ! callsign CD-ROMs, 1993–2003, before and alongside the FCC's online records (which start in 1999). "Seen" dates are the first and last disc showing that record; the issue date is the FCC's, so it can be a renewal of an even older license.
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
WA0TFB in the Printed Callbooks, 1909–1997
From scanned copies of the printed callbooks (government lists from 1913, then the Radio Amateur Callbook to 1997), read by OCR, so names and streets can carry typos. Each line is one or more editions in a row showing the same name at the same address.

Vanity Applications Filed by WA0TFB

Calls this licensee has asked the FCC for, newest first, in their order of preference. The FCC processes applications 18 days after filing; "likely award" is our estimate from every pending application in filing order.

Filed · AwardApplicantRequested (in order)Status
Filed Aug 23, 1999
Granted Aug 15, 2019
0000023502
 WB9VSN · GARY A APPEL · Advanced
1318 OLD ABBEY PL, SAN JOSE, CA 95132-2527
37.4184, -121.7880 (ZIP center) · Grid CM97ck · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
1.WA0TFB ✓ Granted
 Granted
got WA0TFB

Others Requesting WA0TFB

1 application listed WA0TFB as a choice, newest first.

FiledAwardApplicantChoice #WA0TFBResult
Aug 23, 1999 Sep 10, 1999 WB9VSN · GARY A APPEL · SAN JOSE, CA 1Granted Granted this call

📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA0TFB in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA0TFB beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.

Repeaters within 50 Miles

24 repeaters within 50 miles of this address, closest first · sort: closest · most active · map these & export for a radio →

● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · ● unknown · ◉ this license · ring = 50 miles · click a dot for the repeater's page
● confirmed on the air · ● probably · ● reported off the air · no dot = unknown (hover a dot for the evidence)
MilesCallNameOutputOffsetToneModeNetworksActivityLocation
0.9 KH6E Kalaheo Kukuiolo
KH6E
 147.0800 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Kalaheo, HI
1.3 AH6CP Lawai
AH6CP
 444.9000 +5 TONE 103.5 FM (analog) — Lawai, HI
1.4 KH6S Kalaheo
KH6S
 442.2250 +5 CC? DMR — Kalaheo, HI
1.4 KH6E Kalaheo
KH6E
 443.8250 +5 TSQL 118.8 FM (analog) — Kalaheo, HI
1.4 KH6E Kalaheo
KH6E
 147.1600 +0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) — Kalaheo, HI
2.1 KH6S Kalaheo
KH6S AllStar
 444.9750 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 49619 — Kalaheo, HI
2.1 KH6S Kalaheo Kauai
KH6S AllStar
 147.0000 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 29311 — Kalaheo, Kauai, HI
4.8 KH6S Hanapepe
KH6S AllStar
 442.1750 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 40896 — Hanapepe, HI
10.5 KH6S Lihue
KH6S AllStar
 442.2500 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 29323 — Lihue, HI
10.5 NH6HF Lihue
NH6HF
 147.0400 +0.6 none FM (analog) — Lihue, HI
10.5 KH6CVJ Lihue
KH6CVJ
 444.6750 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Lihue, HI
11.1 NH7YS Lihue
NH7YS Hawaii-Trb
 444.3250 +5 CC0 DMR Hawaii-Trbo — Lihue, HI
11.9 KH6E Lihue Kalepa
KH6E
 147.2800 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Lihue, HI
12.8 KH6E Wailua
KH6E
 146.9200 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) — Wailua, HI
13.6 KH6JPL Mauna Kapu
KH6JPL
 147.1200 +0.6 none FM (analog) — Mauna Kapu, HI
13.7 KH6E Kekaha WC SP
KH6E
 147.1000 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Kekaha, HI
13.8 KH6KWS Kapaa
KH6KWS
 442.1500 +5 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Kapaa, HI
14.2 KH6KWS Kapaa
KH6KWS EchoLink
 147.3400 +0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) EchoLink 23437 — Kapaa, HI
16.2 WH7J Kapaa
WH7J MARC
 442.4500 +5 CC1 DMR DMR-MARC — Kapaa, HI
17.0 KH6S Kapaa
KH6S AllStar
 442.5000 +5 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) AllStar 40927 — Kapaa, HI
17.0 WH6TF Kapaa
WH6TF SF-TRBO
 444.3000 +5 CC? DMR SF-TRBO — Kapaa, HI
21.9 KH6NS Kilauea
KH6NS
 146.7400 -0.6 TSQL 100.0 FM (analog) — Kilauea, HI
22.9 KH6E Kīlauea Crater
KH6E
 146.7000 -0.6 TONE 100.0 FM (analog) — Kīlauea, HI
35.6 NH6HI Offline Kalaheo
NH6HI BM
 442.2250 +5 CC1 DMR BrandMeister — Kalaheo, HI