N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 7:15 am CDT (FCC files through Oct 4, 2026) · next update today 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

WA7ZGL HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 23, 2020.

2x3 call: any licensee can request it. No pending applications list it.

📬 QSL: LoTW user · last upload Jun 14, 2018 · not eQSL AG · QRZ · HamQTH

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Sep 23, 2020

Previous holder: Eric D Benjaminson

Held WA7ZGL Jun 20, 2017 → Sep 22, 2018 · first licensed Jun 1, 2017 as KI7NXT · 3 licenses · FRN 0026443713

📦 Moved: Brownsville, OR → Plainfield, IL

WA9CEK Active General · vanity Sep 22, 2018 → expires Sep 22, 2028

Licensee
Eric D Benjaminson

Address
23362 W Pearson Drive
Plainfield, IL 60585
41.6550, -88.1879 (street) · Grid EN51vp · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0026443713

Previous call
WA7ZGL (Technician)

Last granted
Sep 22, 2018

Effective
Jan 24, 2023

Last action
Jan 24, 2023
FCC actions (4)
- Jan 24, 2023 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Apr 4, 2020 — Administrative update LIAUA
- Sep 22, 2018 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Sep 22, 2018 — License issued LIISS
WA7ZGL Canceled General · vanity Jun 20, 2017 → Sep 22, 2018 (canceled)

Licensee
Eric D Benjaminson

Address
149 Filbert Court
Brownsville, OR 97327
44.3757, -122.9478 (ZIP center) · Grid CN84mj · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0026443713

Previous call
KI7NXT (Technician)

Last granted
Jun 20, 2017

Effective
Jan 31, 2018

Last action
Sep 22, 2018
FCC actions (4)
- Sep 22, 2018 — License canceled LICAN
- Jan 31, 2018 — License modified LIMOD
- Jun 20, 2017 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Jun 20, 2017 — License issued LIISS
KI7NXT Canceled Technician Jun 1, 2017 → Jun 20, 2017 (canceled)

Licensee
Eric D Benjaminson

Address
149 Filbert Court
Brownsville, OR 97327
44.3757, -122.9478 (ZIP center) · Grid CN84mj · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗

FRN
0026443713

Last granted
Jun 1, 2017

Effective
Jun 1, 2017

Last action
Jun 20, 2017
FCC actions (3)
- Jun 20, 2017 — License canceled LICAN
- Jun 1, 2017 — License issued LIISS
- Jun 1, 2017 — 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 Apr 27, 2024 → Oct 4, 2026 · 12 snapshots · as WA9CEK
Eric D Benjaminson
23362 W Pearson Drive, Plainfield, IL 60585
41.6550, -88.1879 (street) · Grid EN51vp · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Sep 5, 2017 → Oct 4, 2026 · 40 snapshots · as KI7NXT
Eric D Benjaminson
149 Filbert Court, Brownsville, OR 97327
44.3757, -122.9478 (ZIP center) · Grid CN84mj · CQ 3 · ITU 6 · map ↗
Seen Apr 16, 2022 · 1 snapshot · as WA9CEK
Eric D Benjaminson
906 W Ainslie St, Apt. 1E, Chicago, IL 60640
41.9729, -87.6626 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61ex · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗
Seen Jan 22, 2019 → May 6, 2019 · 2 snapshots · as WA9CEK
Eric D Benjaminson
4940 S. East End Ave. Apt. 14B, Chicago, IL 60615
41.8033, -87.5979 (ZIP center) · Grid EN61et · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting WA7ZGL

1 application listed WA7ZGL as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Jun 1, 2017	Jun 19, 2017	KI7NXT · Eric D Benjaminson · Brownsville, OR	1	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA7ZGL in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA7ZGL beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.