N9TPB FCC License Search

🕒 FCC license data updated yesterday 9:42 am CDT (FCC files through Sep 30, 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

WB0STR HAM

✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Sep 25, 2007.

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

Not currently held · 1 holder on record · available since Sep 25, 2007

Previous holder: JAMES W DOWNIE

Held WB0STR Dec 10, 1998 → Sep 24, 2005 · first licensed Dec 10, 1998 as WB0STR · 2 licenses · FRN 0006799266

WB0JD Active Advanced · vanity Sep 24, 2005 → expires Sep 24, 2025

Licensee
JAMES W DOWNIE

Address
Attn: James W. Downie
103 S. WEBER
ABERDEEN, SD 57401-4846
45.4641, -98.4673 (street) · Grid EN05sl · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0006799266

Previous call
WB0STR

Last granted
Aug 22, 2015

Effective
Aug 22, 2015

Last action
Aug 22, 2015
FCC actions (3)
- Aug 22, 2015 — License renewed LIREN
- Sep 24, 2005 — Vanity call sign granted VANGRT
- Sep 24, 2005 — License issued LIISS
WB0STR Canceled Advanced Dec 10, 1998 → Sep 24, 2005 (canceled)

Licensee
JAMES W DOWNIE

Address
103 S. WEBER
ABERDEEN, SD 57401-4846
45.4641, -98.4673 (street) · Grid EN05sl · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

FRN
0006799266

Last granted
Dec 10, 1998

Effective
Apr 3, 2002

Last action
Sep 24, 2005
FCC actions (2)
- Sep 24, 2005 — License canceled LICAN
- Apr 3, 2002 — Administrative update LIAUA

Address history

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

Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Sep 27, 2026 · 93 snapshots · as WB0STR
JAMES W DOWNIE
103 S. WEBER, ABERDEEN, SD 57401-4846
45.4641, -98.4673 (street) · Grid EN05sl · CQ 4 · ITU 7 · map ↗

Others requesting WB0STR

1 application listed WB0STR as a choice, newest first.

Filed	Award	Applicant	Choice #	Status
Feb 27, 2025	Mar 17, 2025	KE9CRR · DAVID ARMSTRONG · RICHMOND, IN	3	Granted

📡 On the air: APRS, digital & WSPR spots

No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB0STR in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB0STR beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.