N9TPB FCC License Search

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

WA4RTZ HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 21, 1999.

2x3 call: any licensee 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 Oct 21, 1999

Previous holder: ERNEST C LIPSCOMB

Held WA4RTZ Oct 20, 1987 → Oct 20, 1997 · first licensed Oct 20, 1987 as WA4RTZ · 1 license · no FRN on file (pre-2001 records)

WA4RTZ Expired General Oct 20, 1987 → Oct 20, 1997 (expired)

Licensee
ERNEST C LIPSCOMB

Address
6853 CARNEGIE DR
RICHMOND, VA 23226
37.5794, -77.5199 (ZIP center) · Grid FM17fn · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Last granted
Oct 20, 1987

Effective
Oct 20, 1987

Last action
Oct 21, 1999
FCC actions (1)
- Oct 21, 1999 — 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 WA4RTZ
ERNEST C LIPSCOMB
6853 CARNEGIE DR, RICHMOND, VA 23226
37.5794, -77.5199 (ZIP center) · Grid FM17fn · CQ 5 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting WA4RTZ

2 applications listed WA4RTZ as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Mar 25, 2019	Apr 12, 2019	KN4LIE · GREGORY V SWARTZ · FORT MILL, SC	2	Granted
Jun 21, 2010	Jul 9, 2010	N2CP · THOMAS F KEEL · Bath, PA	3	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA4RTZ in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA4RTZ beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.