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

WA8ARO HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Mar 31, 2017.

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 Mar 31, 2017

Previous holder: RALPH J SHAFER

Held WA8ARO Jan 5, 2005 → Mar 30, 2015 · first licensed Jan 5, 2005 as WA8ARO · 1 license · FRN 0012449781

WA8ARO Expired General Jan 5, 2005 → Mar 30, 2015 (expired)

Licensee
RALPH J SHAFER

Address
5517 SUGAR LOAF DR
GRAND BLANC, MI 48439
42.9171, -83.6313 (ZIP center) · Grid EN82ew · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

FRN
0012449781

Last granted
Jan 5, 2005

Effective
Jan 5, 2005

Last action
Mar 31, 2017
FCC actions (3)
- Mar 31, 2017 — License expired LIEXP
- Jan 5, 2005 — License renewed LIREN
- Jan 5, 2005 — FCC action LITIN

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 WA8ARO
RALPH J SHAFER
5517 SUGAR LOAF DR, GRAND BLANC, MI 48439
42.9171, -83.6313 (ZIP center) · Grid EN82ew · CQ 4 · ITU 8 · map ↗

Others requesting WA8ARO

2 applications listed WA8ARO as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Nov 29, 2018	Dec 17, 2018	KE8KRL · Andrew K Puppos · Columbus, OH	14	Granted
Sep 27, 2017	Oct 15, 2017	WB2ARO · Eugene R Timpano · MARTINSBURG, WV	2	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WA8ARO in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WA8ARO beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.