N9TPB
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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)WB3CIW HAM
✅ Available for a vanity request — free since Oct 22, 2009.
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 22, 2009
Previous holder: HOWARD L SMITH
Held WB3CIW Feb 16, 1988 → Oct 21, 2007
· first licensed Feb 16, 1988 as WB3CIW
· 1 license · FRN 0003357001
📖 In the printed callbooks since 1979 as WB3CIW, before the FCC's online records
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- Licensee
- HOWARD L SMITH
- Address
- 1737 GREEN VALLEY RD
HAVERTOWN, PA 19083
- FRN
- 0003357001
- Last granted
- Oct 21, 1997
- Effective
- Oct 21, 1997
- Last action
- Oct 22, 2009
FCC actions (1)
- Oct 22, 2009 — License expired LIEXP
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.
- Seen Mar 9, 1998 → Apr 17, 2003 · 11 discs
WB3CIW · Advanced · issued Oct 21, 1997, expires Oct 21, 2007
HOWARD L. SMITH .
1737 GREEN VALLEY RD, HAVERTOWN, PA 19083 - Seen Sep 9, 1993 → Apr 4, 1997 · 8 discs
WB3CIW · Advanced · issued Feb 16, 1988, expires Feb 16, 1998
HOWARD L SMITH
1737 GREEN VALLEY RD, HAVERTOWN, PA 19083
Address history
From FCC database snapshots (2004 → now). "Seen" dates are the first and last snapshot showing that address.
- Seen Nov 7, 2004 → Oct 18, 2026 · 50 snapshots · as WB3CIW
HOWARD L SMITH
1737 GREEN VALLEY RD, HAVERTOWN, PA 19083
WB3CIW 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.
- None → 1994 · 13 editions
WB3CIW · class A
Howard L Smith
1737 Green Val Rd, Havertown
None p.241, Winter 1979 p.285, Winter 1980 p.298, 1981 p.232, Winter 1982 p.307, Winter 1983 p.315, Winter 1984 p.325, Winter 1985 p.322, Winter 1987 p.320, Winter 1988 p.326, Winter 1989 p.327, Winter 1990 p.327, 1994 p.407
📡 On the Air: APRS, Digital & WSPR Spots
No APRS positions, PSK Reporter reports or WSPR spots for WB3CIW in the last 24 hours. They show up here within seconds of WB3CIW beaconing on APRS, being heard on FT8, FT4 and other digital modes, or sending a WSPR beacon.